{"query_echo":{"q":"","filters":{"geography":["Melilla"]},"warnings":[]},"total":{"value":9,"relation":"eq"},"page":1,"page_size":20,"self":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/api/v1/search?geography=Melilla","stability":"beta","ai_marking":{"digital_source_type":{"uri":"http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/digitalsourcetype/trainedAlgorithmicMedia","name":"Created using Generative AI"},"notice":"Summary and key insights are generated using artificial intelligence."},"results":[{"id":"issafri-000057","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/issafri-000057","title":"Morocco: Introduction","publisher":{"name":"Institute for Security Studies","organization":"institute-for-security-studies"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2026-05-31","source_url":"https://futures.issafrica.org/geographic/guide.pdf?geography=MA&topic=01-introduction","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The document introduces Morocco's geography, noting its unique position as the only African country with both Atlantic and Mediterranean coastlines and a land border with the European Union. It outlines the country's political structure as a unitary semi-constitutional monarchy and details territorial disputes regarding Western Sahara and Spanish enclaves. Finally, it notes that Morocco faces severe climate change risks, specifically increasing temperatures and decreased rainfall.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-000057#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Morocco is the only African nation possessing both Atlantic and Mediterranean coastlines, as well as a land border with the European Union via the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-000057#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Morocco maintains a long-standing territorial dispute over Western Sahara, which it annexed in 1975; the territory is contested by the Polisario Front and Algeria, though Morocco proposes limited autonomy for Sahrawis under Moroccan sovereignty.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-000057#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The Moroccan government is a unitary semi-constitutional monarchy where the King holds significant power over foreign policy, religious affairs, and the military, including the ability to issue decrees and dissolve parliament.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-000057#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Climate change is expected to severely impact Morocco through higher temperatures and reduced precipitation.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-000057#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["climate change","precipitation"],"geography_discussed":["Western Sahara","Spain","Algeria","Mauritania","Ceuta","Melilla","Casablanca","Rabat"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["geographic profile","political analysis"]},{"id":"greeneur-000102","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/greeneur-000102","title":"The human cost of outsourcing Europe’s border controls","publisher":{"name":"Green European Journal","organization":"green-european-journal"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2022-08-10","source_url":"https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/the-human-cost-of-outsourcing-europes-border-controls/","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The report examines the 'Black Friday' tragedy at the Melilla border, where at least 23 migrants died during an attempted crossing from Morocco to Spain. It contrasts official government claims that the event was caused by criminal trafficking networks with testimonies from survivors and human rights organisations, who describe illegal push-backs and coordinated violence by Spanish and Moroccan security forces. The text further analyzes the geopolitical relationship between Spain and Morocco, highlighting how financial aid and diplomatic agreements regarding Western Sahara are used to secure Morocco's role as a 'border guardian' for Europe, which the author contends leads to systemic human rights violations.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"greeneur-000102#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"On 24 June 2022, a crush at the land border between Morocco and Spain in Melilla resulted in at least 23 deaths from asphyxiation and injuries to over 200 migrants, 140 Moroccan agents, and 49 Spanish agents. Non-governmental organisations report higher casualties, with Caminando Fronteras documenting at least 37 deaths and the Moroccan Association for Human Rights (AMDH) counting 27 deaths and 64 disappearances.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"greeneur-000102#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Survivors and human rights groups, such as the Jesuit Migrant Service (SJM), allege that the tragedy involved illegal push-backs and coordinated violence, including the use of teargas and truncheons, and that Moroccan agents beat migrants on Spanish territory. This contradicts the Spanish Interior Ministry's assertion that interventions were in accordance with legal frameworks and that \"nobody was pushed back at the border.\"","ai_generated":true,"unit":"greeneur-000102#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The European Union and Morocco have responded to the tragedy by agreeing to update cooperation on migration to combat trafficking networks, focusing on border management, police cooperation, and joint investigations. However, legal representatives for migrants argue that the individuals involved were not part of organised criminal networks.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"greeneur-000102#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Spain provides significant financial aid to Morocco to control irregular migration, including 30 million euros in May 2021 and 32 million euros in 2019. This financial relationship is intertwined with diplomatic negotiations over Western Sahara, specifically Spain's support for the Moroccan autonomy plan.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"greeneur-000102#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Human rights organisations describe the Melilla tragedy as a result of \"criminal migration policies\" where Morocco acts as Europe's \"gendarme,\" leading to a decline in Morocco's status as a country of refuge and the planned re-establishment of a programme to return irregular migrants to their countries of origin.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"greeneur-000102#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["human rights","international cooperation"],"geography_discussed":["Nador","Casablanca","Ceuta","Senegal","Mauritania","Western Sahara","Marrakech"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["human rights assessment","policy analysis"]},{"id":"greeneur-000286","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/greeneur-000286","title":"Regiones e identidades españolas: deriva y proyección post-pandémica","publisher":{"name":"Green European Journal","organization":"green-european-journal"},"document_type":"research paper","language":"es","date_published":"2021-02-23","source_url":"https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/regiones-e-identidades-espanolas-deriva-y-proyeccion-post-pandemica/","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The author analyzes how neoliberalism and the 'tertiarization' of the Spanish economy—specifically the dominance of tourism—have fueled regional inequalities and the rise of peripheral nationalisms. The text argues that the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated these tensions by exposing the fragility of the tourism-dependent model. To mitigate future conflicts and the impacts of climate change, the author proposes a transition toward a 'degrowth' model, emphasizing the revival of organic agriculture in the interior, the promotion of green industries, and the potential reorganization of Spain into a federal state.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"greeneur-000286#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The Spanish state's identity is characterized as pejorative and lacking the glorifying myths found in countries like France or the UK, which contributed to the rise of peripheral nationalisms in regions such as Catalonia, the Basque Country, Navarre, and Galicia.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"greeneur-000286#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Economic liberalization and the prioritization of the tertiary sector, particularly tourism, have increased disparities between coastal and interior regions, leading to the 'mercantilization' of cities and the erosion of cultural identities through gentrification.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"greeneur-000286#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Political fragmentation in Spain has increased since the 2008 financial crisis, evidenced by the rise of regionalist and nationalist parties in the Congress of Deputies and the growth of VOX as a force opposing peripheral nationalisms.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"greeneur-000286#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the vulnerability of regions heavily dependent on tourism and is expected to increase regional inequalities and tensions between the state and peripheral nationalisms.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"greeneur-000286#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Climate change is projected to worsen territorial inequalities in Spain through prolonged droughts in the south and center, periodic flooding in the east (levante), and mega-forest fires.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"greeneur-000286#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"To achieve a sustainable and equitable territory, the author proposes increasing the weight of the primary sector via organic agriculture in the interior, promoting green industries (energy efficiency, solar, wind, and electric transport) based on a 'development without growth' model, and favoring local 'kilometer 0' trade.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"greeneur-000286#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["climate change","organic agriculture","energy efficiency","solar energy","wind power","drought","flood","forest fire","sustainable development"],"geography_discussed":["Catalonia","Basque Country","Navarre","Galicia","France","United Kingdom","Ceuta","Melilla","Madrid"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["socio-political analysis","economic analysis","policy proposal"]},{"id":"greeneur-000191","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/greeneur-000191","title":"The enlargement of the Schengen Area: a historic and moving moment","publisher":{"name":"Green European Journal","organization":"green-european-journal"},"document_type":"statement","language":"en","date_published":"2016-03-01","source_url":"https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/europe-one-house-for-all/","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","geography_discussed"],"summary":{"text":"Professor Bronisław Geremek discusses the historical significance of the 2007 Schengen Area expansion, which integrated nine 2004 EU accession states. He frames the removal of internal border controls as a realization of the 'Four Freedoms' and a critical step toward full European citizenship for Central and Eastern Europeans. However, he warns that this internal openness necessitates strengthened external borders, potentially creating a 'Fortress Europe' that excludes neighbors to the east and undocumented immigrants.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"greeneur-000191#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The December 2007 enlargement of the Schengen Area included 9 of the 10 countries that joined the EU in 2004, increasing the area's population by 18% (approximately 60 million inhabitants) and its landmass by 15% (over half a million km²).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"greeneur-000191#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The abolition of border controls is viewed as a symbolic transition for citizens of Central and Eastern Europe, moving them from a status of 'second-class EU citizens' to the recognition of full European citizenship.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"greeneur-000191#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Freedom of movement is one of the 'Four Freedoms' of European integration, alongside the free movement of goods, services, and capital, and is considered fundamental to the development of a common European identity.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"greeneur-000191#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The removal of internal borders requires the strengthening of external borders and the application of a common visa policy, which risks creating a 'Fortress Europe' and a sense of exclusion for non-EU neighbors.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"greeneur-000191#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Despite the push for impervious external borders, Central European countries remain targets for immigration; for example, it is estimated that 100,000 to 200,000 Ukrainians work in the Czech Republic and 500,000 work in Poland.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"greeneur-000191#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The security of the new external border presents specific challenges, such as the 97-kilometre stretch of the border between Slovakia and Ukraine in the Carpathian Mountains, which is used by undocumented immigrants.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"greeneur-000191#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":[],"geography_discussed":["Luxembourg","Ukraine","Ceuta","Melilla","Lviv","Hrodna"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":[]},{"id":"greeneur-000112","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/greeneur-000112","title":"Cooperar para eliminar las alambradas: Europa y el Magreb","publisher":{"name":"Green European Journal","organization":"green-european-journal"},"document_type":"statement","language":"es","date_published":"2015-03-01","source_url":"https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/cooperar-para-eliminar-las-alambradas-europa-y-el-magreb/","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The author criticizes the European Union's criminalization of migration and the failure of neoliberal development models in the Maghreb. It highlights the link between environmental degradation—such as desertification and water scarcity—and forced migration, noting that 'environmental refugees' may reach 250 million by 2050. The text calls for a transition to 'post-development' cooperation that reduces Europe's ecological footprint while improving the Human Development Index (HDI) in the Maghreb, moving beyond the interests of extractive elites and the 'Washington Consensus'.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"greeneur-000112#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The document asserts that there is an intrinsic link between environmental deterioration and social instability, noting that environmental refugees could number 250 million by 2050. It argues that international statutes invisibilize these refugees to avoid acknowledging the connection between pollution, ocean acidification, resource scarcity, land salinization, and desertification with hunger, water shortages, biodiversity loss, war, and migration.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"greeneur-000112#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Neoliberal and neokeynesian development models are deemed unsuitable for the Maghreb because they ignore the finitude of resources and existing environmental decay. The author specifically rejects the 'Angola model' of exchanging raw materials for Chinese mega-infrastructure and argues that the 'Washington Consensus'—which posits that neoliberal market economies guarantee democratic institutions—has proven false.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"greeneur-000112#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Environmental crises in the region have direct social and economic impacts: drought in Mauritania puts 12 million people at risk of malnutrition, desertification threatens coastal areas, and the introduction of fracking in Algeria has sparked protests due to the high water requirements in a water-scarce country.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"greeneur-000112#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The author criticizes the European Union's approach to migration, describing it as a regression of values characterized by the criminalization of migrants and the use of 'shame fences' in Ceuta and Melilla. The text advocates for the 'ius migrandi', encompassing the right to live with dignity at home, the right to emigrate, and the right to settle peacefully.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"greeneur-000112#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Regional cooperation in the Maghreb is hindered by bilateral conflicts and 'vicious circles' of institutional corruption and extractive elites. Examples include the political stagnation in Morocco and Algeria under 'strong men' like King Mohamed VI and President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the ongoing civil war in Libya, and the illegal occupation of Western Sahara by Morocco.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"greeneur-000112#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["desertification","water scarcity","hydraulic fracturing","biodiversity loss","ocean acidification","sustainable development","climate migration","carbon footprint"],"geography_discussed":["Mauritania","Algeria","Morocco","Libya","Western Sahara","Ceuta","Melilla","Tindouf","M’Bera"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy analysis","political statement"]},{"id":"greeneur-000185","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/greeneur-000185","title":"Cooperation to remove the barbed wire: Europe and the Maghreb","publisher":{"name":"Green European Journal","organization":"green-european-journal"},"document_type":"statement","language":"en","date_published":"2015-03-01","source_url":"https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/cooperation-to-remove-the-barbed-wire-europe-and-the-maghreb/","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The author contends that the EU must move away from criminalizing migrants and implementing neoliberal economic models in the Maghreb. 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Factors contributing to this include ocean acidification, resource shortages, soil salinization, desertification, and loss of biodiversity.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"greeneur-000242#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Current development models in North Africa are deemed unsustainable. 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The document suggests that reducing these tariffs, combined with targeted social safety nets and productivity investments, could improve food security and accessibility for the Moroccan population.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002915#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Morocco's agricultural sector is characterized by a duality between modern, competitive commercial farming and small-scale farming of a 'social' character, with 40 per cent of farms being social in nature despite occupying only 8 per cent of the total harvested area.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002915#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Morocco is highly vulnerable to environmental variability; only 15 per cent of its agricultural land is irrigated, and annual rainfall fluctuations account for 75 per cent of the year-to-year variability in Moroccan GDP.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002915#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The Green Morocco Plan, launched in 2008, aims to double the value added of agricultural production within a decade by overhauling cropping patterns, land tenure, and taxation, while combating rural poverty through two distinct pillars.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002915#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Morocco maintains some of the highest agricultural import tariffs globally, with ad valorem rates reaching as high as 304 per cent in 2009, which may strain the population's ability to afford food as prices inflate.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002915#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Canadian lentils account for 95–97 per cent of Moroccan lentil imports, but a 49 per cent most-favoured nation (MFN) tariff contributes to inflated consumer prices.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002915#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"High tariffs and global price increases have incentivized irregular trade; it is estimated that 80 per cent of Canadian lentils enter the Moroccan market through third countries or informal routes, particularly via the Spanish free trade zones of Ceuta and Melilla.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002915#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"A welfare analysis indicates that eliminating the tariff on Canadian lentil imports would create a consumer surplus estimated at CAD$3.45 million, including the removal of a CAD$135,000 deadweight loss.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002915#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Global food price inflation is driven by a confluence of factors, including growing demand from developing countries, energy prices, biofuels, weather-related production shortfalls, low stock levels, and financial market speculation.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002915#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Food price inflation disproportionately affects the poorest households, who spend approximately 75 per cent of their income on staple foods, often leading to the adoption of coping strategies such as skipping meals or switching to less nutritious food.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002915#insight-9","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"There is a documented correlation between rising food prices and social unrest, with food riots erupting in 48 countries during the 2007–2008 crisis.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002915#insight-10","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Morocco's 'guided liberalization' strategy seeks a progressive transition to trade openness that balances economic efficiency with social safety nets to protect small-scale farmers from the negative impacts of liberalization.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002915#insight-11","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Climate change is expected to increase the probability of crop failure in rainfed areas of Morocco, where 85 per cent of agricultural land lacks irrigation.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002915#insight-12","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["food security","agricultural productivity","biofuel","climate change","drought","agricultural irrigation","smallholder","sustainable agriculture","water management"],"geography_discussed":["Canada","Spain","Ceuta","Melilla"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["case study","literature review","welfare analysis"]},{"id":"issafri-001126","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/issafri-001126","title":"Europa/Development/Cotonou Aggreement","publisher":{"name":"Institute for Security Studies","organization":"institute-for-security-studies"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":null,"source_url":"https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/COTONOUANX.PDF","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","geography_discussed"],"summary":{"text":"The provided text contains the annexes and protocols of the Cotonou Agreement, detailing the financial, institutional, and administrative frameworks for cooperation between the European Community and the ACP (African, Caribbean, and Pacific) States. It specifies the allocation of the 9th European Development Fund (EDF), the operation of the Investment Facility, rules for project programming and implementation, and the roles of the Centre for the Development of Enterprise (CDE) and the Centre for the Development of Agriculture (CTA).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-001126#summary","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},"key_insights":[{"text":"For the five-year period starting 1 March 2000, the European Community committed a total of EUR 15,200 million in financial assistance to ACP States. 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It offers concessional terms, such as a 3% interest rate reduction for infrastructure projects in Least Developed Countries or post-conflict countries, provided the final rate is not less than 50% of the reference rate.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-001126#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"To mitigate the impact of short-term fluctuations in export earnings, additional financial support is available to ACP States. Eligibility is based on a 10% loss of export earnings (reduced to 2% for least-developed countries) compared to a four-year average, combined with a 10% worsening of the programmed public deficit.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-001126#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"The Agreement establishes the Centre for the Development of Enterprise (CDE) to provide non-financial services to ACP companies to increase competitiveness and the Centre for the Development of Agriculture (CTA) to strengthen institutional capacity and information management in agricultural and rural development.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-001126#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"National programming is based on a Country Support Strategy (CSS) and an indicative programme. Resource allocation is determined by needs (per capita income, population, indebtedness, and vulnerability of island/landlocked states) and performance (institutional reforms, resource use, and poverty reduction).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-001126#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"Regional cooperation involves operations benefiting two or more ACP States or a regional body. Programming involves a Regional Support Strategy (RSS) and a Regional Indicative Programme (RIP), with specific support provided to ACP States negotiating economic partnership agreements with the EU.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-001126#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"The Agreement mandates non-discriminatory treatment for companies and firms of the EU and ACP States. It establishes specific procurement thresholds: works contracts over EUR 5 million require open international tenders, while supply contracts over EUR 150,000 and service contracts over EUR 200,000 follow similar international competitive procedures.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-001126#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"Price preferences are granted to ACP tenderers to encourage local participation: a 10% preference for works contracts under EUR 5 million (if at least 25% of capital/management is ACP) and a 15% preference for supply contracts where at least 50% of the value is of ACP origin.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-001126#insight-9","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"The management structure involves three key roles: the Chief Authorising Officer (Commission) manages the Fund's resources; the National Authorising Officer (ACP Government) handles project preparation and local tenders; and the Head of Delegation (Commission) represents the EU in the ACP State and approves various contracts.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-001126#insight-10","date_modified":"2026-08-17"}],"climate_tags":[],"geography_discussed":["South Africa","Ceuta","Melilla"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":[]}]}