Protecting EU Borders Costs Morocco €250 mln Annually

Spain seems like a forgotten EU border far away from the tragedies of the refugee crisis that ensued the Arab Spring and the influx of migrants and refugees in 2015. When the EU saw over 1 million sea arrivals in 2015, only a few thousands were registered in Spain, thanks to close cooperation with Morocco […]

Casablanca Finance City, 1st financial center in Africa – Global Financial Centers Index

Casablanca Finance City (CFC) has retained its ranking as the first financial center on African continent on Global Financial Centers Index (GFCI). The latest GFCI report, the 30th edition, ranks CFC 53rd globally, 4th in the Middle East region and the first on the African continent. CFC dominates Cape Town (62nd), Johannesburg (64th), Mauritius (73rd) […]

Libyan Coastguards Intercept 4 Inflatable Boats Packed with Migrants

Libyan coastguard vessels intercepted Monday four inflatable smuggling boats carrying in total over 500 illegal migrants. The captured migrants, off coast of the North African country, were returned to their Libyan departure point. In 2017, about 119,000 migrants and refugees arrived in Italy from across the Mediterranean while more than 3,100 died making the crossing, […]