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2007-05-23
Morocco’s Benaissa, French parliamentary delegation discuss immigration
Catherine Tasca, leader of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Armed Forces Commission at the French senate, met with Foreign Minister Mohamed Benaissa on Tuesday (May 22nd) during a visit to Morocco. The two leaders' discussions centred on illegal immigration to Europe. MAP quotes Tasca as saying that in addition to being a bridge between Africa, the Arab world and Europe, Morocco has also become a destination country for illegal immigrants from poorer African countries. Because of the tighter security measures imposed by European countries, would-be immigrants remain in Morocco awaiting a suitable opportunity to reach Europe. Tesca pointed at underdevelopment as the main reason for the migratory flow, citing "the need to lay down concerted policies" to remedy the issue.
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moha 2007-7-4
the French are to blame sometimes for poverty in morocco and Algeria. during the Occupation , many Arab and amazigh families , lost their loved ones to resistance, these innocents had given away by force their land ,cows and money now the French have to recover the new generation , apologies for what they did and pay the price to fix immigration laws. They need to now that we live in one planet earth under one sky that is being destroyed by global warming caused by these industrial countries .African continent is being turning in to bold moon and no one can survive on it any more except scorpions ? where should we go to survive?
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