MARRAKESH, Morocco – Spanish Interior Minister Juan Ignacio Zoido said on Wednesday that Madrid realizes that the increase in undocumented immigrants entering the Iberian country is the result of greater immigration pressure on Spain’s southern neighbor, Morocco.
Zoido made his remarks at the 5th Euro-African Ministerial Conference on Migration held in Marrakesh, Morocco, and attended by 60 European and African leaders.
After a meeting with his Moroccan counterpart, Abdelouafi Laftit, Zoido told reporters that Morocco had experienced increased migration pressures as a result of new undocumented immigrants coming from the Sahel region, a semi-desert zone encompassing much of central Africa and including portions of many countries in the area.
Zoido thanked Morocco for its efforts to manage the flows of undocumented migration across the Strait of Gibraltar.
The Spanish minister added that his country will take measures to reinforce common control mechanisms.
The number of undocumented immigrants coming to Spain by boat tripled in 2017, according to data provided by the Association for Human Rights of Andalusia (APDHA).
APDHA reported that 22,419 undocumented immigrants reached Spain in 2017, with at least 249 immigrants dying during the dangerous journey.
Zoido made his remarks at the 5th Euro-African Ministerial Conference on Migration held in Marrakesh, Morocco, and attended by 60 European and African leaders.
After a meeting with his Moroccan counterpart, Abdelouafi Laftit, Zoido told reporters that Morocco had experienced increased migration pressures as a result of new undocumented immigrants coming from the Sahel region, a semi-desert zone encompassing much of central Africa and including portions of many countries in the area.
Zoido thanked Morocco for its efforts to manage the flows of undocumented migration across the Strait of Gibraltar.
The Spanish minister added that his country will take measures to reinforce common control mechanisms.
The number of undocumented immigrants coming to Spain by boat tripled in 2017, according to data provided by the Association for Human Rights of Andalusia (APDHA).
APDHA reported that 22,419 undocumented immigrants reached Spain in 2017, with at least 249 immigrants dying during the dangerous journey.
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