Following the death of two people on Wednesday in the sinking of a boat off the Spanish coast, the interim Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, announced that the Spanish government is reiterating its trust in Morocco in the fight against migrant trafficking in the Strait of Gibraltar.
In the case of a boat that capsized, resulting in the death of a woman and the disappearance of a minor, three alleged Moroccan smugglers have just been arrested. And they are accused, in addition to a crime against the rights of foreign citizens, of negligent homicide.
The question is in the future tense only because their visas are still valid. They were in Poland for a boxing tournament and they opted for Germany illegally, not hesitating to leave everything behind. These are two Moroccan boxers who were counted on before for the upcoming Olympic Games. Their visas expire in a few days...
The conclusions of a recent report by the World Health Organization show that migrants arriving in Europe do not bring diseases. On the contrary, the WHO states that they often contract them on the spot in Europe, due to the unsanitary conditions in which they are forced to live. This supports the professionals on the ground, who say there is no cause for concern at the Gare du Nord in Brussels where the presence of migrants is feared to cause epidemics.
The services of the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) succeeded in putting an end to the activities of two networks of illegal immigration and human trafficking operating in Nador, at the end of last week.
Several candidates summoned for military service would have chosen to leave Morocco. This situation is now worrying the Spanish authorities who have noted an increase in arrivals from the kingdom.
Their journey ended at the Ceuta border. Four Moroccans were arrested this weekend as they had hidden in a van. The police had to be very ingenious to find them.
In the night from Saturday to Sunday, 16 makeshift inflatable boats carrying 151 sub-Saharan migrants were rescued by the Royal Moroccan Navy as they were about to sink in the Strait of Gibraltar.
A 22-year-old soldier drowned on Wednesday on the coast of Jebila, near the city of the Strait, Tangier. He reportedly spotted a boat of illegal immigrants and tried to catch up to it.
Drama of illegal immigration in Morocco where 16 people died and 17 were injured in the fall of a vehicle into a canal located on the secondary road between Saidia and Nador.
An undisputed Moroccan champion of petanque has just left the entire national team stranded, in Belgium, by taking off and turning off his phone.
The passage of nearly half of illegal migrants through Morocco would not leave good memories, according to a report published by the Spanish agency CSIC (Higher Council for Scientific Research), done in collaboration with UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees).