Moroccan frontier at Ceuta and Melilla to open

Spain and Morocco agreed on Wednesday to reopen "in the coming days" their land border at the Spanish cities of Ceuta and Melilla on the North African coast. The heavily-used frontier was closed firstly by Covid restrictions and then by serious diplomatic problems between the two countries which boiled over into a mass crossing of people from Morocco into Ceuta a year ago when that country's police dropped their guard. It will be up to the Interior ministry to announce the firm date.