Morocco commits to recovering its minors in Europe

The President of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo, was in Rabat on Tuesday where he spoke with the Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita on an issue of common interest: illegal immigration. Opportunity for the Canary Islands official to salute the good cooperation between the two countries in migration matters.

According to statistics, 28% of migrants arriving in the Canary Islands come from Morocco, recalled Fernando Clavijo before welcoming the “enormous effort” and the frank collaboration of the Moroccan government to limit irregular immigration. Nasser Bourita, for his part, assured that Morocco is willing to collaborate for the return of unaccompanied minors, stressing that the “gaps in laws and (administrative) procedures” in Spain and in Europe in general made this repatriation difficult.