A councilor from the municipality of Nador, a coastal city in Morocco, arrived on the coast of Spain last week after crossing the sea by boat. According to Spanish media, this is not the first case of Moroccan representatives crossing the sea illegally.
Last Saturday (April 20), the Moroccan councilor arrived in Granada, Andalusia, Spain by boat, confirmed by the Spanish media El Faro. However, his name was not revealed in the report.
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The press reported that his journey had a major impact on the Nador region. Many of the locals feel that when the politicians leave office, they must realize that there is no future in Morocco and that the country is in a real crisis.
In this regard, a member of the Moroccan Association for Human Rights (AMDH), Omar El Naji, said, “If an elected representative goes, why should not ordinary citizens go?”
A municipal councilor from the town of Beni Buyahi in Al Hoceima province also arrived in Spain this way, El Faro reported.
Naji said it is true, at least four representatives of different municipalities have gone to Spain by sea in a year and a half.
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The Mediterranean route from Morocco to Spain is commonly used by Algerian and Moroccan migrants. They tried to sail south to Spain in small fiberglass boats off the coast of the Cherifian state.
10 thousand euros to cross the sea
Omar Naji claimed that the cost of irregular migration by sea has skyrocketed in recent days.
He said, “I met a mother yesterday (April 21) who told me that her son Benny moved from the coast of Chica (located near Nador) to Andalusia in Spain.” For this he had to pay 10 thousand euros.
According to the Spanish NGO Caminando Fronteras, the route is closely monitored by the Moroccan Coast Guard. In 2022, this route was very crowded. But this route, although shorter than other migration routes in the Mediterranean, is also extremely dangerous. A lot of people have died in boating there.
On March 22 this year, three people died and seven people went missing when a migrant boat capsized off the coast of Motril in southern Spain. The boat came off the coast of Algeria. Earlier on February 27, another boat sank, eight people lost their lives.
Source: InfoMigrants
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