The European Union is set to allocate €500 million for Morocco as part of the joint cooperation to help fight irregular migration.
The Spanish news outlet “El Pais” reported on Monday that this financial aid covers the period 2021-2027, adding that this budget increases by almost 50 percent from the previous one.
That same source said that the budget would cover support for border management, joint investigations, and fighting human trafficking networks.
The EU financial aid for Morocco comes after recently held meetings between Moroccan and European officials on irregular migration and the mechanisms to deal with this phenomenon.
As part of the regular political dialogue between the Kingdom of Morocco and the EU, the European Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson, and the Spanish Minister of Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, met last month in Rabat, the Moroccan Minister of Interior, Abdelouafi Laftit.
While highlighting the successful results of their cooperation based on shared responsibility in the field of migration, they agreed to renew their partnership to face, together, the networks of trafficking in persons, especially following the emergence of a new and extremely violent modus operandi adopted by these criminal networks, said a joint press release issued at the end of the meeting, adding that they denounce the actions of these networks, their accomplices and all those who help them.
