By Joe Gerrard • Published: 27 May 2019 • 10:15
THE Spanish government has drawn up plans to reinforce ports on the country’s southern coast with around 21,000 police officers ahead of increased traffic to and from Morocco this summer.
The number of reinforcements is the highest amount set aside for the police’s annual Operation Crossing the Strait.
The police put on the operation every year when Spanish families travel by car to Morocco for holidays and when Moroccans arrive in Spain for the summer.
Around 734,240 vehicles passed through Spanish harbours after arriving from or departing to the North African country last year, according to Spain’s Port Authority. The vehicles carried more than 3.2 million people.
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