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Morocco prevents more than 75 thousand migration attempts in 2023

The number of migration attempts foiled by Morocco in 2023 increased 6% year-on-year to 75,184 as the number of rescue operations at sea also grew, the interior ministry said. The same year, the Moroccan navy rescued 16,818 people, up 35%. The rescued migrants received medical assistance and accommodation in keeping with Morocco’s humane approach to […]

Morocco Launches National Desalination Industry with Target to Double Local Content to 70% by 2030

Morocco has formalized a landmark framework agreement to build a nationally integrated seawater desalination industry, a move that combines the country’s water security imperative with an explicit industrial sovereignty objective. The accord, signed with the sector’s principal actors and reported by L’Économiste on Tuesday, sets an objective of raising the local integration rate in desalination […]

Morocco to maintain flight ban with Spain over Covid-19 checks laxity

Morocco has decided to maintain all passenger links with Spain halted, citing a laxity by Spanish authorities in testing and checking people before they board. “Spanish authorities fell short of taking serious action to monitor the health of passengers in its airports,” the health ministry had said in a statement deploring what it described as […]