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Spain’s State Secretary for Security, José Antonio Nieto, urged the European Union to lend more support to the migration policy launched by Morocco, which is steadily becoming more of a destination than a transit country. Nieto told Spanish daily ABC that Morocco has undertaken “colossal efforts” to combat illegal migration at a considerable cost that […]
Since it joined the African Union a year ago, Morocco has been working closely with African states to address the continent’s pressing issues, notably migration, sustainable development and peace and security. The next African summit, the 30th, scheduled on January 28-29, will see Morocco present a new Agenda on Migration in Africa along with the […]
Morocco and South Africa showed converging views on addressing migration challenges in Africa following an approach permeated by south-south cooperation and solidarity. South Africa’s Foreign Minister Nkoana-Mashabane told the press, on the sidelines of her participation at the Ministerial Conference for an African Agenda on Migration held in Rabat on January 10, that her country […]
Over Twenty African ministers and government officials met Tuesday in Rabat (Morocco’s capital) to harmonize African countries’ stands and vision regarding the issues related to migration. The African Union ministerial conference aimed to work out an African agenda on migration, based on an inclusive and participative approach. Participants agreed on the shared responsibility to tackle […]
Belgium is swinging to far right politics in dealing with migration and travel visas. The recent anti-Moroccan statements by Belgian Migration Minister Theo Francken show a worrying trend taking place in the home of EU institutions. In a case of recidivism fueled by animosity to anything Moroccan, Belgian Migration minister has described Morocco along with […]
In keeping with its solidarity-based African policy, Morocco will send planes to repatriate about 3,800 migrants mostly from West Africa who are currently stranded in a camp in Tripoli. The decision was announced at the end of the 5th AU-EU Summit in Abidjan, which was attended by King Mohammed VI along with African and EU […]
The exclusion of Algeria from the meeting on Libya, held as part of the AU-EU Summit in Abidjan, came to no surprise to analysts who see Algiers as an unreliable partner in resolving Libya’s pressing issues: stability, security and migration. Migration, the main issue on the table of the AU-EU Summit, was also the top […]
King Mohammed VI has deplored that the non-existence of the Maghreb Union has made collective efforts to tackle migration and other regional challenges ineffective. “Our regional groupings could have dealt with the situation more effectively. In fact, one could rightly think that if the Arab Maghreb Union had really existed, we would have been stronger […]
King Mohammed VI of Morocco has outlined a new approach to migration that should be perceived in an inclusive, positive light as is the case in Morocco, pointing out that as the 21st century will be a century of large-scale human intermingling, we should refrain from giving any ideological, emotional or even xenophobic twist to […]
The United Nations, the European Union and the African Union have agreed to put in place a joint Task Force to save and protect lives of migrants and refugees along the routes and in particular inside Libya. The decision was made Wednesday during a meeting on the sidelines of the African Union-European Union Summit that […]