Morocco announced Monday that 65% of migrants who applied for legal status were approved people- roughly 18,000 in the first year of implementation of a new immigration policy in the country.
At the same time, a security official senior promised to destroy camps housing illegal immigrants trying to reach Europe.
With tens of thousands of immigrants living in Morocco without permission, mostly hoping Europe reach King Mohammed VI announced a new policy at the end of 2013 that allows them to apply for residency.
Approximately 27,000 migrants so requested, according Charki Draiss a senior official at the Ministry of Interior , adding that they were approved all applications from women and children. Those who were rejected may appeal.
Those who have their immigration papers in order will have access to medical care provided by the State, training and schools, and integrated into society, the official said, adding that also measures the largest group receiving documents, with about 24%, is Senegalese, and 20% are Syrian be taken against gangs that smuggle people.
According to official statistics.
Morocco, a favorite route to Europe, is in trouble because neighboring northern countries require you to stop the flow of immigrants, while at the same time criticize any hard tactic calling it a violation of human rights.
Almost every week, migrants living in makeshift camps mountainous try to enter the two Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla situated on top of the Moroccan coast.
“The State shall take all due measures to dismantle the camps in some areas, especially on the outskirts of Ceuta and Melilla “Draiss said. “Dismantle the camps to free victims of human trafficking mafias”
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