Editing Melilla (section)

=== Spain-Morocco relations ===
[[File:MTN25-1111c3-2003-Melilla.jpg|thumb|Map of Melilla]]
There are recurring issues in the [[Spain-Morocco relations]], such as Morocco's claim to include Melilla and Ceuta within its territory, as well as the [[Plazas de soberanía|sovereignty plazas]], the incident on [[Perejil Island]], the [[2007 Morocco–Spain diplomatic conflict|2007 diplomatic conflicts]], the [[2021 Morocco–Spain border incident|mass crossing of people at the Ceuta and Melilla borders on May 17, 2021]], and the phenomenon of unaccompanied foreign minors. The [[Spanish Government]] has never initiated negotiations on these issues, as Ceuta, Melilla, and the sovereignty plazas are part of Spanish national territory, and the Spanish people support the Spanish sovereignty over these territories.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Foreign Ministry defends the 'absolute Spanish sovereignty' of Ceuta and Melilla. |url=http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2010/05/17/espana/1274126915.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Opina Institute Poll. |url=http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/29196/spaniards_review_ceuta_and_melilla_situation/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111224223026/http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/29196/spaniards_review_ceuta_and_melilla_situation/ |archive-date=December 24, 2011}}</ref> Morocco, however, relies on the nationalist idea of [[Greater Morocco]], with occasional [[disinformation]] campaigns in British media, attempting to assimilate Melilla or Ceuta with [[Gibraltar]], which is a [[British Overseas Territory]] on the United Nations list of territories to decolonize.<ref name="books.google_1">Jesús A. Núñez Villaverde, Miguel Hernando de Larramendi, Hernando de Larramendi H. de Larramendi, [http://books.google.es/books?id=BRSzrQ01C44C&pg=PA25&dq=angel+ballesteros,+gran+marruecos&hl=es&ei=M5NVTsDZGoqcOsninZ0G&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&sqi=2&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=gran%20marruecos&f=false ''La política exterior y de cooperación de España hacia el Magreb (1982-1995)''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212153115/http://books.google.es/books?id=BRSzrQ01C44C&pg=PA25&dq=angel+ballesteros,+gran+marruecos&hl=es&ei=M5NVTsDZGoqcOsninZ0G&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&sqi=2&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=gran%20marruecos&f=false}}, ISBN 978-84-8198-182-7, p. 25.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Territories to be decolonized |url=http://www.un.org/es/decolonization/nonselfgovterritories.shtml}}</ref><ref>Dioniso García Flórez, ''Ceuta y Melilla. Cuestión de Estado'', Ciudad Autónoma de Melilla, 1999, p. 48.</ref><ref>Dioniso García Flórez, ''Ceuta y Melilla. Cuestión de Estado'', Ciudad Autónoma de Melilla, 1999, pp. 61-63.</ref>