After the events of the occupied Melilla fence, the Moroccan authorities began deporting groups of immigrants
The Moroccan authorities are seeking to disperse the blocs of Africans and disperse them to several cities in the Moroccan interior, such as Tiznit, Azilal, Tata, and other cities in the south of the center, where many Africans have previously been transferred from the southern provinces (Dakhla, Laayoune, Tarfaya...) towards the southeast, that is, Ouarzazate and Zagora.
The statements made by the migrants detained in the tragic attempt to cross into Melilla before the Moroccan police show the existence of criminal networks operating over 5,000 kilometers, first in Sudan and the last in Algeria, led by Zaim’ (Boss), a Malian with easy access to the Nador Mountains in Morocco.
Abdelilah El-Khoudari, head of the Moroccan Center for Human Rights, said that what happened on Friday, June 25, at the Melilla fence, indicates a real dilemma that Morocco is facing in its management of the trans-African immigration file.
The same human rights activist added, in a statement to Hespress, that "the immigration policy that he has pursued since 2014 needs to be reconsidered; Because the majority of African migrants consider Morocco a country of temporary residence and transit and do not think of considering it a country of final residence.”
The same human rights activist stressed that the events of the Melilla fence revealed the shortcomings of the local policy adopted by Morocco regarding the problem of migration and asylum; The treatment did not take into account the flowing nature of the migration of Africans towards Morocco.
It is likely, according to the human rights defender’s testimonies, the presence of ruthless hands, involved in human trafficking; But it implements agendas hostile to the stability of Morocco, calling for deepening research into the crisis, in order to explore innovative solutions.
Al-Khoudari stated that "the redeployment of Africans in some cities in Morocco are temporary patchwork solutions, which will increase the security burdens on the receiving cities, not to mention the pressure that poorly absorbed public health facilities will suffer."
He added, "In less than ten years, we will be facing a large generation of young Africans born here in Morocco, who know no homeland for them except Morocco, and attempts to migrate towards Europe will be exacerbated, due to their presence and due to their integration with large segments of Moroccan street children, to create blocs." It will constitute a double security burden whose risks cannot be underestimated.
He said that the economic and social situation in Morocco is not qualified to absorb all these rising numbers of Africans who are going to Morocco in order to cross towards Europe and who find themselves forced to stay there against their will.