The Moroccan authorities indicated on Monday that several accompanied and unaccompanied minors, grouped four or six in boats, are repatriated weekly from Las Palmas to Laâyoune. In total, 80 weekly trips are made.
Unicef France has reservations about the Franco-Moroccan cooperation for the return of unaccompanied minors and says it is "extremely concerned about the impacts of this cooperation on the effectiveness of children’s rights and the risks they face in case of return". The institution takes a dim view of the consequences that a forced return will have on these children.
The association Jood, which helps the homeless, has launched since March 10 an awareness campaign against child begging, which has become the subject of controversy on social networks. Internet users consider it "shocking" and "clumsy". The association, for its part, fully assumes it.
In Morocco , early marriages continue to jeopardize the future of children, especially in the rural world where this rate has reached 27.4% compared to 15.2% in urban areas. According to the National Observatory of Human Development (ONDH), among women aged 18 and over, 19.5% concluded their first marriage before the age of 18, compared to only 1.5% among men, or 13 times more.
The national brigade of the judicial police of Larache has issued a nationwide search notice to find a missing minor child under mysterious circumstances. Sofiane Lhirech, 13 years old, has not given any news of himself for more than a month.
The NGO Save the Children has, in a recent report, alerted the Moroccan authorities to the situation of irregular Moroccan minors in Spain. There would be 10,000 of them.
Several officials participated, on Thursday in Rabat, in a study day on the promotion of Kafala. The participants pleaded for the facilitation of adoption procedures for the best interests of abandoned children.
The family of young Bilal, who suffers from a disease in his feet and hands that prevents him from moving, has tried in vain to have him treated in Ceuta, before the closure of the border with Morocco. Determined to save her son in Europe, she is launching an appeal for help.
Aboubaker, 3 years old, is the youngest of three siblings. He lives in Fnideq with his mother and two brothers, far from their father who is stuck in Ceuta due to the closure of the borders. The whole family suffers from this endless separation.
Samira and Mahi Abdelaoui, Wissem’s parents, have still not found their daughter who disappeared on July 31, 2019, and who could have blown out her 18 candles with them on February 13. Despite unsuccessful searches in the Île-de-France region, they have not given up hope.
Canadian-Moroccan comedian Gad Elmaleh talks about the roots of his son Raphaël, whom he had with Charlotte Casiraghi, a member of the princely family of Monaco. He emphasizes "a Monakech blend", thus referring to Monaco and Marrakech .
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) wants to play its part in the case of unaccompanied Moroccan minors mistreated in the Canary Islands. The UN agency has called for strengthening the prevention and fight against racism and xenophobia.