Kingdom of Morocco Ministry of the Interior General Directorate of - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Kingdom of Morocco

Ministry of the Interior General Directorate of National Security MADRID, 6 NOVEMBER 2013

THE GEOGRAPHIC POSITION OF MOROCCO

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A large number of stolen or lost documents are available on the market of document fraud The evolution of forgery techniques Expansion of the phenomenon of migration through using document fraud

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Irregular migration networks Africans Maghreb Arabs Asians

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Asian networks

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STRATEGY

Morocco initiated a global strategy on the fight against irregular migration that is structured around 6 pillars: I- Legislative and regulatory II- Institutional III- Operational IV- Socio-economic development V - Sensibilisation VI - Cooperation

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Legislation : Law 02.03 on entry and stay of foreigners in Morocco.

• Criminalisation of trafficking in persons
• Protection of migrants’ right
• Permanent

adaptation (Amendment to criminalise accommodation of illegals)

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I – LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY REFORM

 Systematic surveillance of forests;  Search operations;  Reinforcing control of land, maritime and aerial

borders;

 Land and maritime patrols;

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III- OPERATIONAL PILLAR

• Information campaigns
• Close collaboration with the media

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V- AWARENESS RAISING PROCESS

 Longer waiting period  Morocco is becoming a country of destination  Shared responsibility among all the countries in the

region

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CONCLUSION

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