Melilla
Americannoun
noun
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Just east of Tangier, the massive Gourougou forest has become a base for thousands of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa seeking to enter the nearby Spanish enclave of Melilla illegally.
From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025
The present-day tension between the two nations is most clear in the twin coastal towns of Ceuta and Melilla.
From BBC • Nov. 15, 2023
“One year on from the carnage at Melilla, Spanish and Moroccan authorities not only continue to deny any responsibility but are preventing attempts to find the truth,” said Amnesty International’s Secretary General, Agnes Callamard.
From Reuters • Jun. 23, 2023
One of the sites he visits is the series of razor-wire fences that separates the Spanish exclave of Melilla from surrounding Morocco.
From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 2023
Melilla also is in the possession of the Spaniards: this maritime town lies to the eastward of Tetuan.
From Travels through the Empire of Morocco by Buffa, John
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