![Spanish Representatives Oppose Morocco’s Joint Bid with Spain and Portugal Spain’ Prime Minister proposed a trio bid with Morocco and Portugal to host the 2030 World Cup; but the idea does not appear to be popular with Spanish politicians. The representatives of two Spanish political parties, the People’s Party and the Citizens-Party, have said they do not want Spain to submit a joint candidacy with Portugal and Morocco for the 2030 World Cup. In a meeting organized by the National Federation of Sports Facilities Entrepreneurs (FNEID) in Madrid, the People’s party representative, Vicente Azpitarte dismissively spoke about Spain joining a trio with Morocco and Portugal to organize the World Cup. Azpitarte specifically wondered whether Spain would get any advantages from teaming up with the two countries, t Spanish news outlet Iusport reported on Wednesday. The Citizens-Party representative, Roberto Nunez, agreed with Azpitarte. “We do not intend to organize a World Cup with other countries. Spain has more than enough capacity [to organize the World Cup], it is a country that has already organized a World Cup, and we do not understand that proposal,” Nunez said. The adviser of United Podemos, Oscar Penas, stated that he does not clearly see why “the priority is to organize a World Cup or an Olympiad at this time.” Morocco and Spain cooperate on a number of issues, ranging from security and migration to trade and education. On November 18, the Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, arrived in Morocco for a first visit since his election to premiership. During his visit, Sanchez proposed to both Head of Government Saad Eddine El Othmani and King Mohammed VI a joint bid for the 2030 World Cup. “We are launching a joint message, which is that this will be a bid between two continents. The King of Morocco is receptive and we’re going to work on it with Portugal. We are very excited about it,” Sanchez said.](https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/ABL-Launches-in-Casablanca-Becoming-Africa’s-First-Aircraft-Leaser-180x135.jpeg "ABL Launches in Casablanca, Becoming Africa’s First Aircraft Leaser")
Rabat - Over 100,000 migrants and refugees have arrived in Europe since January 2017 by crossing the Mediterranean, and 2,247 have died along the route or are missing, announced the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Tuesday.
Rabat – Over 100,000 migrants and refugees have arrived in Europe since January 2017 by crossing the Mediterranean, and 2,247 have died along the route or are missing, announced the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Tuesday.
Out of the 101,210 migrants, more than 85,000 arrived in Italy, almost 9,300 arrived in Greece, and around 6,500 arrived in Spain.
This figure is a large drop from the same period last year, when 231,503 migrants were registered. The majority of migrants this year arrived in Italy, while Greece was the main receiving country in 2016.
On Thursday, IOM Director General William Lacy Swing called on countries in the European Union to help the southern European countries receive the migrants who traveled by sea. “It cannot be seen as a problem only for Italy, but as a matter for the whole of Europe.”
Only 7,300 of the migrants received by Italy have been relocated to other countries in the European Union.
