Algeria: 60 Moroccans released, hundreds remain prisoners

Sixty young Moroccans, candidates for illegal immigration, were handed over to the Moroccan authorities by Algeria a few days ago. They were intercepted while trying to cross the land border between Maghnia, Algeria, and Oujda, Morocco.

These men, from different cities in Morocco, including Fez, Oujda, Nador and Marrakech, were returned to Morocco through the Jouj Bghal border post in Oujda. Arrested and sentenced to prison terms in Algeria, they were then placed in administrative detention.