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Spanish Navantia San Fernando shipyard celebrated on Tuesday May 27 the launch ceremony of the Avante 1800 type OPV that the company has built for the Moroccan Royal Navy, an event consolidated the close naval cooperation between Spain and Morocco, based on continuous exchange and mutual technical recognition. Construction number 565 of the shipyard touched […]
Morocco’s Royal Navy rescued 41 Sub-Saharan migrants off Tan Tan, in the southern provinces, the Sahara. The migrants were aboard a dinghy heading to the Canary Islands, which reported record arrivals last year. Last year, Morocco rescued 18,645 at sea, as the number of departures from West Africa surged. In total, Morocco foiled 78,685 migration […]
The Royal Navy intervened on Tuesday to ensure the medical evacuation of two foreign ships near the port of Mohammedia. A cargo ship named “Linden” suffered an engine failure on Tuesday morning, 2.5 kilometers southeast off the city’s port, according to a press release from the General Staff of the Royal Armed Forces, which noted […]
Morocco’s navy rescued 54 Sub-Saharan migrants, including 7 women and a child, in the waters of the southern provinces, near Tan Tan. The migrants, who were heading to the Canary Islands, have received medical care before they were handed to the Royal Gendarmerie. Increasing numbers of migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa are trying the riskier Atlantic […]
A Royal Navy patrol boat intercepted, on Friday, 260 km southwest off the southern city of Dakhla, a pirogue carrying 165 sub-Sharan would-be migrants, including 4 corpses. The pirogue, which had intended to reach the Canary Islands, set sail on March 6, the General Staff of the Royal Armed Forces said in a press […]
A frigate of the Royal Navy intercepted, on Sunday, December 31, 2023, a suspicious vessel approximately 345 km southwest of Dakhla, 85 km off the coastline. The vessel, carrying five individuals, refused to comply and attempted to evade capture and flee towards open waters. The intercepted ship was found to be carrying four Venezuelan nationals […]
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 […]
Morocco’s Royal Navy coastguard, patrolling the southern waters, rescued, on Saturday, around 151 illegal migrants who were boarding a wooden boat. The migrants were about to drown off the city of Dakhla. The migrants, mostly sub-Saharans, were handed to the gendarmerie in the same city.
The Moroccan Royal Navy Coastguards, operating off the coast of Nador, engaged, Friday, in a chase of two suspicious boats after the latter refused to obey to the order to stop. The pursuit enabled the units of the Royal Navy to catch the two go-fast boats, equipped with very powerful engines, which were actually used […]
Moroccan Royal Navy has joined allies and partners for the multinational maritime exercise, Grand African NEMO 2022, taking place in the Gulf of Guinea. The week-long exercise, which started Oct.11, is led by France. This year’s edition aims to enhance the maritime security to counter illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, piracy, drug trafficking, pollution, […]