Morocco’s migration approach will not be sapped by criminal acts led by trafficking networks that “take advantage of vulnerabilities of the victims,” he said. Morocco had shown videos to African ambassadors revealing the horrific violence suffered by Moroccan security forces during the attack by Sub-Saharan migrants instigated by criminal networks. At least 65 migrants are facing charges of kidnaping security forces, arson and migrant trafficking. Zerouali deplored the dead among the migrants during this “real tragedy”, adding that Morocco had dismantled 1300 criminal networks involved in illegal migration since 2021. Since 2017, Morocco has foiled 360,000 migration attempts, including 26,000 so far this year.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 28, 2022 12:46 UTC