Tag: Frontex

Frontex Chief calls Morocco ‘strategic’ partner in countering cross-border crime

December 12, 2023

The Executive Director of the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders (Frontex), Hans Leijtens, emphasized Morocco's pivotal role as ... Read More

Europe’s Nordic countries to cooperate on immigration policy, deportation flights

November 2, 2023

Ministers of justice of Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway and Iceland have signed an agreement to cooperate more closely to create a more effective system for ... Read More

EU Pledges Support to Morocco’s Efforts against Illegal Migration and Human Trafficking

June 6, 2023

The European Union pledges to support Morocco’s efforts to fight the smuggling of migrants and human trafficking in its action plan unveiled Tuesday in Brussels ... Read More

Morocco’s approach to fight cross-border crime highlighted in Warsaw

October 30, 2022

Morocco’s approach to the fight against cross-border organized crime was highlighted during the 25th International Conference of Border Police, held in Warsaw October from 26 ... Read More

Frontex voices satisfaction with partnership with Morocco

August 23, 2021

The EU’s border control agency FRONTEX said Morocco is a “reliable and solid” partner in the fight against illegal migration, the EU agency said. “Morocco ... Read More

Frontex Commends Morocco’s Efforts to Secure Borders’ Stability, Fight Illegal Migration

June 25, 2019

Executive Director of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex), Fabrice Leggeri, has commended the efforts made by Morocco to ensure stability at borders ... Read More

Spain Tells EU to Support Morocco’s Efforts to Curb Illegal Migration

September 15, 2017

Spanish interior minister Juan Ignacio Zoido urged the EU to support Morocco's "considerable" efforts to fight illegal immigration. "The EU should lend more support to ... Read More

Libya: Italian prosecutor finger-points NGOs for collusion with human traffickers

April 24, 2017

An Italian prosecutor working with the country’s investigators trying to uncover the likely collaboration between charity organizations and human traffickers has indicated that he has ... Read More

Protecting EU Borders Costs Morocco €250 mln Annually

February 22, 2017

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 ... Read More

Tripoli Sends 170 Senegalese Migrants Back Home

February 17, 2017

About 170 Senegalese migrants who were in detention centers in Tripoli have been deported back to the west-African nation, local media reported on Thursday. The ... Read More