MADRID, June 15 (Reuters) – Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya said on Tuesday her government is considering including Ceuta and Melilla, Spain’s enclaves in North Africa, fully in Europe’s passport-free Schengen area. Currently, Moroccans from the towns surrounding the enclaves can enter without a visa, but need one to travel by sea or air into continental Spain or other Schengen member countries. The move comes amid a row between Spain and Morocco over issues linked to Western Sahara, a region Morocco claims sovereignty over. Gonzalez Laya declined to comment on the row, saying her ministry is working “under discretion.”(Reporting by Inti Landauro and Cristina Galan; Editing by Catherine Evans)(c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2021. Click For Restrictions – https://agency.reuters.com/en/copyright.html

Source: The North Africa Journal June 15, 2021 07:07 UTC