Pome 397 boats moored in the marina and 145 others in the city’s fishing port are affected by the Moroccan decision. The Nador authorities will no longer grant express authorization to these boats coming from Melilia.
Melilia has no jurisdictional waters beyond the fishing pier. In practice, this situation limits the actions of the authorities of the enclave because “Even if we see small boats, we cannot stop them or pursue them beyond the imaginary line that delimits our borders, because then we would enter the jurisdiction of Morocco. », indicates a source reported by the Spanish media el faro de Melilia.
In order to obtain the pass, it is necessary to go with the boat to the port of Atalayón, take a taxi and go to the port of Beni-Enzar to stamp the entry passport. Then it is necessary to return to the port of Atalayón.
With the stamped passport you get a document and with this paper you have to go to Nador to formalize a certificate of entry to Morocco. Once this other procedure is completed, you have to return to the port of Atalayón, collect a certificate and with the latter return to the port of Beni-Enzar to stamp the document and the passport to leave Morocco, a native of the city explains to the media.
This same source says:“It’s the same document they asked for before the pandemic for cars”. Thus, this document is valid for three months and allows you to drop anchor 200 meters from the coast without spending the night there.
The official version indicates that this decision was taken to fight once morest drug trafficking and illegal immigration.
