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French MPs Adopt Resolution Calling for Abrogation of 1968 France-Algeria migration Agreement

France’s National Assembly on Thursday adopted a resolution calling on the government to repeal the controversial 1968 agreement with Algiers that facilitates Algerian immigration to France. The text, tabled by the far-right National Rally (RN) was approved by 185 votes to 184. It is the first legislative victory for Marine Le Pen’s party. The non-bidding […]

Morocco extradites terrorist suspect to Russia

Morocco handed Russia a native of Daghestan region who fought for IS in Syria, Russian federal security service (FSB) said. “Morocco’s security forces arrested the Russian national, Salamov Ramazan Magomednuriyevich, born in 1970 and wanted for his involvement with international terrorist organizations,” Russian news agency TASS cited an FSB statement as saying. The Russian suspect […]

Morocco thwarts migrants’ mass storming of Ceuta enclave

  Moroccan authorities foiled an illegal migration attempt by nearly 150 sub-Saharan migrants in an area near the Spanish-occupied enclave of Ceuta.   At least 70 migrants were arrested in the operation which left 14 security forces and 6 migrants injured, the interior ministry said in a statement.   The crossing attempt was violent with […]