Morocco’s Foreign Ministry summoned Algeria’s ambassador in Rabat and denounced the expulsion of 54 Syrian migrants by Algerian authorities to the Moroccan border town of Figuig as an “inhumane behavior”. During the meeting, the Foreign Ministry expressed concern at the expulsion by Algeria of Syrians undergoing vulnerable conditions. In the same vein, the Interior Ministry issued a statement decrying Algeria’s ill-treatment of the Syrians who were forced by Algerian authorities to cross the border area. The Interior Ministry said that the Syrian migrants were forced to cross and were abandoned in a desert border zone in searing heat. The statement deplored the “inhumane” treatment of the Algerian authorities vis-à-vis this group of Syrian migrants, which includes women and children.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 23, 2017 22:52 UTC