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Global remittances from African diaspora to their home continent are set to exceed $100bn a year amid demographic trends in Europe such as an aging population and a low birth rate that are creating a need for continued migration. Remittances to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) grew an estimated 3.8% last year, a moderation from […]
Libya has begun the deportation of 600 undocumented Egyptians who sneaked illegally into the oil-rich African country used as a launch-pad for crossing the Mediterranean for Europe. Mohamad Bardaa, deputy for security affairs at the Directorate of Combating Illegal Migration answering to the Tripoli-based government, told AFP that deportees had entered Libya illegally, Ahram Online […]
EU’s top diplomat has rejected a claim that migration in Africa is being caused by the war against Ukraine, saying that “the root causes of migration in Africa are lack of development, economic growth and bad governance. “We are living in a circle of instability from Gibraltar to the Caucasus and this happened before the […]
After more than a two-year delay, the EU Council finally ratified (20 July) a new treaty with African, Caribbean and Pacific countries that covers a wide range of areas, from sustainable development and growth, to human rights and peace and security. Recognized as one of the EU’s oldest and broadest cooperations with other countries, the […]
Morocco’s foreign minister highlighted at an international conference in Rome the King’s vision in favor of a solidarity-approach towards migration that breaks away with the all-security treatment of the issue. Speaking at the International Conference on Development and Migration, chaired by the Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, foreign minister Nasser Bourita recalled Morocco’s role under […]
Migration governance in Morocco is based on a holistic, multi-dimensional approach which, by prioritizing respect for the migrants’ rights and dignity, is intended to be efficient and proactive in the fight against mafia networks and human trafficking. Here follow some figures on the Kingdom’s extensive efforts to combat illegal migration. – Over 360,000 illegal migration […]
The European news website InfoMigrants has just published a feature story on the hell a Guinean teenager, named Ahmed, went through when his bad luck took him to Algeria, where he could hardly find a job and where he ended up in prison before being deported manu-military to the desert near Niger’s borders. The 15-year-old […]
Morocco stands out as a model of democracy in Africa and a key partner of the European Union in the fight against illegal migration, terrorism and extremism, said Member of the European Parliament Andrey Kovatchev. Commenting lately the European People’s Party (EPP) program “Let’s focus on the MENA Region”, Mr. Kovatchev said he visited the […]
Morocco has underlined the need to clear up misunderstandings on the migration phenomenon to strengthen the Africa-Europe partnership. This came in an address delivered by Moroccan Foreign Minister at an online discussion panel on “Migration and Mobility in the Africa-Europe partnership”, organized by the Africa-Europe Foundation ahead of the 6th EU-Africa Summit in Brussels (Feb. […]
Moroccan Interior Minister Abdelouafi Laftit held a working meeting in Rabat on Friday with his Italian counterpart, Ms. Luciana Lamorgese, that focused on a set of issues, including migration, security, and counterterrorism. The meeting also discussed the issue of unaccompanied minors in an illegal situation in Italy. Laftit recalled in this vein Morocco’s clear and […]