The European Commission has designated seven countries — including Morocco, India and Colombia — as “safe countries of origin,” paving the way for accelerated deportations of failed asylum seekers, despite some ongoing concerns over human rights conditions. Morocco, Egypt, and Tunisia have been major departure points for irregular migration to Europe, particularly across the central […]
The European Union is “very concerned about the consequences” of the latest decision by Niger’s military leaders to revoke an EU-backed law criminalizing transportation of migrants north from Agadez to Libya and Algeria for onward transition to Europe. Over the weekend, Niger’s junta government signed an order abrogating the controversial legislation, known as Law 2015-36, […]
King Mohammed VI chaired Tuesday afternoon a Council of Ministers that endorsed several legal texts and international agreements, according to a statement by spokesman for the Royal Palace, Abdelhak El Mrini. Part of strengthening Morocco’s relations with several brotherly and friendly countries and with regional and continental economic groupings, the Council approved seventeen international agreements. […]
