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“Morocco is flooding Melilla with illegal immigrants,” signals El Periódico de Catalunya. Since the start of the year, over 400 illegal aliens have entered the Spanish enclave in Morocco. Relations between the two countries have soured since Moroccans clashed with Spanish police last August, explains the Catalonian daily, adding that Morocco now no longer cooperates in patrolling the sea border. El Periódico warns that this situation could have a knock-on effect, drawing immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa as well. On the sidelines of the UN summit on 20 September, prime minister Zapatero asked King Mohammed VI of Morocco to do a better job of curbing immigration.
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