%22 d=%22M44,140.1h42.8V272H54.9c0-0.1,0-103.8,0-103.8H44V140.1z M44,1c28.4,0,42.6,16.2,42.6,42.2v66.1H54.9V43.8 c0-7.2-3.1-11.7-10.6-11.7c-7,0-10.6,4.2-10.6,11.7c0,0,0,228.1,0,228.2H0.2c0-0.5,0-228.8,0-228.8C0.1,16.8,14.8,1,44,1L44,1z%22/><style>path { fill: %23262626 } @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) { path { fill: %23EEEFE9 } }</style></svg>)
Morocco cracks down on migrants heading to Spain
TANGIERS, Morocco — Hundreds of sub-Saharan migrants escaping poverty and violence in their home countries are fleeing to forests to escape police raids in the northern Moroccan port city of Tangiers — only to be chased from their makeshift camps. Migrants have been arriving in Morocco in increasing numbers in a bid to get to Spain via the Strait of Gibraltar. Rights activists in this North African kingdom say the crackdown on migrants is the biggest since 2015. Those who escaped the raids in town and in the forest say they have nowhere left to hide. Authorities say Morocco prevented 65,000 migrants from crossing to Spain in 2017.
Source: National Post September 18, 2018 06:56 UTC
