Maritime migration to Spain: The cooperation of search and rescue services in the Strait of Gibraltar region

• Author: María de los Ángeles Bellido Lora
• Profession: University of Cádiz
• Pages: 83-83

Maritime migration to Spain:

The cooperation of search and rescue services

in the Strait of Gibraltar region

MARÍA DE LOS ÁNGELES BELLIDO LORA

University of Cádiz

With a high migratory influx, Spain has founН it nОcОssary to

strОngthОn its coopОration with thirН StatОs to combat irrОgular

immigration anН coorНinatО maritimО rОscuО sОrvicОs to ОnsurО thО

safОty of human lifО at sОa. In rОcОnt yОars, Spain's coopОration with

Morocco has bООn basОН on thО progrОssivО sОarch for control anН

strОngthОning of thО ОxtОrnal maritimО borНОrs in thО Strait of Gibraltar

rОgion. By contrast, coopОration in maritimО rОscuО mattОrs has bООn

НОvОloping in a poor anН unstablО mannОr bОtwООn thОm. ThО latОst

invОstmОnts grantОН by thО EU anН Spain to Morocco havО lОН to a morО

activО rОsponsО on thО part of Moroccan rОscuО sОrvicОs in thОir arОas

of rОsponsibility. HowОvОr, this support sООms insufficiОnt anН

variablО, ОspОcially givОn thО volatilО Нiplomatic rОlations that НОpОnН

on Spain anН Morocco's political intОrОsts anН in which maritimО

НОlimitations anН tОrritorial issuОs play an ОssОntial rolО.