In 2021, Morocco obtained from the US the recognition on the Western Sahara occupation in exchange of the recognition of Israel by Morocco.The European States did not modified their position with regards to the UN resolutions that recognise the Western Sahara as a territory yet to be decolonised. This, indirectly, together with the hosting of Brahim Gali, leader of the Polisario, for medical treatment in Spain, was seen by Morocco as an aggression, and provoked a new migratory crisis over the Spanish domain of Melilla, in North Africa. This crisis was polemic, due to the fact that Morocco, beyond the diplomatic channels, incentivised the illegal trespassing of children, by letting know that there would not be any official controls and even children were taken from schools without knowledge of their parents, and with the passive role of the Moroccan frontier police, which did not impede the flow whether it was by jumping the fence or by swimming through the sea that surrounds the frontier line. The Spanish army intervened to control the trespassing and to save people at risk in the sea. At least two people died in the episode when trying to reach the shore .
In 2021, U.S. President Donald Trump signed a proclamation recognizing Morocco's sovereignty of the Sahara .
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Morocco obtained from the US the recognition on the Western Sahara occupation in exchange of the recognition of Israel by Morocco.The European States did not modified their position with regards to the UN resolutions that recognise the Western Sahara as a territory yet to be decolonised. This, indirectly, together with the hosting of Brahim Gali, leader of the Polisario, for medical treatment in Spain, was seen by Morocco as an aggression, and provoked a new migratory crisis over the Spanish domain of Melilla, in North Africa. This crisis was polemic, due to the fact that Morocco, beyond the diplomatic channels, incentivised the illegal trespassing of children, by letting know that there would not be any official controls and even children were taken from schools without knowledge of their parents, and with the passive role of the Moroccan frontier police, which did not impede the flow whether it was by jumping the fence or by swimming through the sea that surrounds the frontier line. The Spanish army intervened to control the trespassing and to save people at risk in the sea. At least two people died in the episode when trying to reach the shore
U.S. President Donald Trump signed a proclamation recognizing Morocco's sovereignty of the Sahara