A Moroccan migrant-support group is handling more than 800 cases involving Moroccans imprisoned, detained, missing or awaiting repatriation in Algeria after irregular migration attempts, its president told Hespress.
The Algerian authorities transferred 49 Moroccans to Morocco through the Zouj Bghal crossing between Maghnia and Oujda on Wednesday, August 19, according to the Moroccan Association for Assistance to Migrants in Vulnerable Situations.
The group included three minors and two women. Algeria had transferred another 10 Moroccans through the same crossing on August 12.
Association President Hassan Ammari said more than 600 Moroccans covered by its files remained in Algerian prisons in cases connected to irregular migration.
About 100 others were under investigation, while approximately 113 were either awaiting removal or remained in administrative detention after completing prison sentences, he said.
The association is also following cases involving missing and deceased Moroccans and continues to receive new requests for assistance from families. Its figures are based on files submitted to the organization and have not been independently confirmed by Moroccan or Algerian authorities.
The Oujda-based group said it was helping families seek the return of their relatives in coordination with Morocco’s Foreign Ministry and Moroccan consulates in Algiers, Oran and Tlemcen.
The transfers take place through a land border that has remained closed to routine traffic since 1994. Algeria severed diplomatic relations with Morocco in 2021, complicating consular coordination and the resolution of detention and repatriation cases.
Moroccan civil society groups also monitor citizens stranded in Tunisia and Libya after attempts to reach Europe through irregular routes.
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