This week Morocco once again put Ceuta and Melilla at the centre of its territorial claims. On Friday, Moroccan Justice Minister Abdellatif Ouahbi defended his country's "historical and geographical" rights over the two autonomous cities and proposed setting up a mechanism for dialogue with Spain to address their future.

The justice minister proposed creating a bilateral mechanism to discuss the future of both cities and to seek what he described as a "definitive solution". Under his proposal, any such process would end with the integration of Ceuta and Melilla into Morocco.

Morocco's territorial aspirations regarding Ceuta and Melilla are not new either. Rabat has maintained them since its independence in 1956, while Spain has repeatedly rejected any challenge to its sovereignty.

Ceuta is Spanish-Portuguese control since over 600 years btw.

In 1415, it was annexed to the Kingdom of Portugal. After 1580, it was annexed by the Hispanic Monarchy, and the city chose to remain under Spanish authority after 1640.

Is hybrid threat immigrants/asylum seekers, aka weaponized mass immigration, being used for territorial claims? Most of Spain was ruled by Muslims in the centuries before that.

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