John Ikani
Spain has reopened the borders of its North African enclaves Ceuta and Melilla to Moroccan workers.
The reopening which comes two years after the borders were closed, follows the resolution of a drawn-out diplomatic crisis.
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The frontiers were initially closed at the height of the coronavirus pandemic but later became part of a row over migration and the issue of Western Sahara.
Tensions flared in May last year when Madrid allowed Brahim Ghali, the leader of the Western Saharan independence movement Polisario to be treated for Coronavirus in a Spanish hospital.
Ten thousand migrants then surged into Ceuta as Moroccan border forces looked on – a move widely seen as retaliation by Rabat.
