refusenik: About Sebta and Melilia..
Sebta and Mellilla — the Spanish enclaves on the Moroccan coast — have been much in the news lately as the Moroccan and Spanish government have turned back waves of African immigrants. Foulla's post suggests that the issues of Sebta and Melilla have not traditionally enjoyed a high profile even among Moroccans.
Samir at the View from Fes has researched the issue and found that there has been little progress on the status of the two cities since the June 2003 meeting of the Arab Parliamentary Union.
The sticking point, of course, is Gibraltar. So long as it remains part of Great Britain, Spain will have a pretext for keeping Sebta and Melilla, no matter how troublesome they may be.