Illegal immigration: Pedro Sánchez pleads for more solidarity with Morocco
Head of the Spanish Government Pedro Sánchez has pleaded for more solidarity with Morocco on the part of Spain and Europe to face up illegal immigration, while hailing the efforts made by the North African country to fight illegal immigration mafias.
Some people “sometimes seem to think that countries like Morocco do not suffer from illegal immigration. Spain and Europe must show solidarity with Morocco” in the fight against illegal immigration networks, said Pedro Sánchez, in an interview with Spanish daily El País, published Monday.
“It is necessary to recognize the effort made by Morocco, which is also under pressure from irregular migration,” Sánchez insisted, adding that “the real culprits of the violent assault carried out last week by sub-Saharan migrants against metal fence separating the cities of Nador and Melilia, are the mafias.”
“What happened at the fence […] was a violent attack carried out by armed migrants”, he recalled, calling for “an exercise of empathy with Spanish security forces and Moroccan public forces, who suffered a violent attack that left hundreds of law enforcement officials injured.”
Sánchez who underlined that his country “has always defended regular and orderly migration,” described collaboration between Spain and Morocco in the management of migration flows as “very close”.
“The cooperative relationship between the two governments is frankly positive,” he highlighted.
The latest assault attempt against the metal fence in the province of Nador was marked by the use of unprecedented violence by candidates for illegal immigration against law enforcement agents, who acted with professionalism and respect for laws and regulations.
