Authorities in northern Morocco are continuing efforts to curb irregular migration attempts, intercepting dozens of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa each day along the coastal strip between Larache and Fnideq, according to informed Hespress AR sources.
The sources told Hespress AR that routine monitoring operations across northern provinces lead to the daily detention of about 100 migrants in the areas of Tangier-Assilah Prefecture, Fahs-Anjra Province, and M’diq-Fnideq Province.
Migrants are typically intercepted in forests, along roads and at train stations as they attempt to reach coastal departure points for the journey toward Europe.
According to the same sources, those detained are transferred to cities in southern and eastern parts of Morocco to prevent them from quickly returning to the north to attempt the crossing again.
Officials say the number of migrants intercepted in recent days remains within normal levels and does not indicate any unusual increase compared with previous weeks or the same period last year.
Efforts to prevent irregular migration involve several security bodies, including the Royal Gendarmerie, the General Directorate of National Security, as well as auxiliary forces and local authorities.
Sub-Saharan migrants often use Morocco as a temporary staging point before attempting to cross to Europe via the country’s northern Mediterranean coast.
Authorities say the heightened vigilance reflects Morocco’s broader campaign against international smuggling networks that traffic migrants and use the kingdom as a key transit route toward Europe.
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