Spain has funded Moroccan border securitization.

Posted by Behind the Bastards, Oct 3, 2026Checked Nov 2, 2026

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Behind the BastardsOct 3, 2026

Sources support the claim that Spain has funded Moroccan border control: a Spanish-government disbursement from the Contingency Fund in 2019 and analyses citing EU/Spanish border-control funding for Morocco. The extraction dropped the post's qualifier "often," which is a faithful-enough paraphrase, and no source contradicts the claim as of 2026-10-03; the evidence is thin and partly from an advocacy group.

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… imperialism, of course, or bilateral kind of relationships between various states, one of the things they have always collaborated on and continue to collaborate on is borders. It's completely global, and, you know, Spain and Morocco have long collaborated. Spain has often funded Moroccan border securitization. And so, while there are many significant differences between Spain and Morocco, for example, on their positions and alignments on Palestine, you know, Morocco's normalization, Spain's significant stance against Zionism and Israel, although imperfect, is …

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Supports. Gentium reports that the Spanish Government approved an urgent disbursement of 30 million euros from the Contingency Fund to Morocco in July 2019 and that Spain has for years allocated aid, subsidies and loans to Morocco intended to control irregular migration.[2]

Supports. Analyses published in 2026 state that Morocco is expected to have received more than one billion euros in European and Spanish funding for border control by 2027.[3][4][5]

Supports. A 2019 Statewatch analysis says the EU's Morocco border-security funding was propelled to a large extent by Spain, and the EU-Morocco funding figures it reports are primarily EU rather than Spanish money.[6]

Context. Reuters reports that the EU pays Morocco to police its borders (€152 million in 2023) and that Spain and Morocco have praised their border cooperation, but the Reuters piece does not itemize Spanish direct funding.[1]

Context. The 2026 EU grant of €114.7 million to Spain for Ceuta funds Spain's own border security, not Morocco's, so it does not itself show Spanish funding of Moroccan border control.[7][8]

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8 sources: 1 fact-checker, 7 not rated

1Spain disregarded Ceuta warnings before migrant rush, say border workers' unionsreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
2Use of the Contingency Fund to finance Moroccan security forces ...gentium.org · not rated · cited for: supports
3From Crisis Management to Strategic Partnership: rebuilding the migration relationship between Morocco and the European Unionatalayar.com · not rated · cited for: supports
4From Crisis Management to Strategic Partnership - Diplomat magazinediplomatmagazine.eu · not rated · cited for: supports
5From Crisis Management To Strategic Partnership: Rebuilding Morocco–EU Cooperation On Migrationeurasiareview.com · not rated · cited for: supports
6[PDF] Aid, border security and EU-Morocco cooperation on migration controlstatewatch.org · not rated · cited for: supports
7EU Grants Spain €114.7 Million for Ceuta Amid Calls to Fund ...moroccoworldnews.com · not rated · cited for: context
8Commission grants Spain €114.7 million and provides ...europa.eu · not rated · cited for: context

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