Laurence Boutreux – Eye on Islamism

Morocco puts brakes on migrant flow as Spain and EU pay out

September 6, 2019 Laurence Boutreux

(AFP) The number of migrants arriving by sea in Spain has plunged with Morocco stopping boat departures since signing lucrative agreements with Madrid and Brussels, experts say. So far this year 15,683 migrants have arrived by sea, 45 percent down on the […]

Migrants keep crossing Strait of Gibraltar despite bad weather

December 13, 2018 Laurence Boutreux

(AFP) A radio message comes in from a Spanish maritime rescue boat to the service’s command centre in the southern town of Tarifa: “34 migrants rescued.” The onset of autumn, with the cold, storms and fog, has not stopped migrants from crossing […]

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