Morocco’s foreign minister highlighted at an international conference in Rome the King’s vision in favor of a solidarity-approach towards migration that breaks away with the all-security treatment of the issue. Speaking at the International Conference on Development and Migration, chaired by the Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, foreign minister Nasser Bourita recalled Morocco’s role under the leadership of King Mohammed VI in campaigning for an orderly approach that views migration as a potential instead of a risk. Building on a human approach domestically, Morocco’s King in his capacity as African Union migration leader submitted the African Agenda which treats migration as a development factor and a pillar of south-south cooperation as well as a lever of solidarity, Bourita said. During the conference, Bourita deconstructed a number of myths surrounding the issue of migration citing for example that 80% of Africa migration is intra-continental. In this respect, he highlighted the need to strike a balance between the different dimensions of migration, regular and irregular, through enshrining a positive narrative and the promotion of channels for legal migration.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 25, 2023 00:34 UTC