Political Unrest Drives Moroccans to Join Africa Exodus

Moroccans are increasingly joining other Africans in the dangerous sea crossing to Spain, driven by what they see as deteriorating social conditions and a crackdown on political dissent. Morocco's government has recently accepted $160 million from the European Union to act as its regional "gendarme," curbing a growing flow of Europe-bound migrants from sub-Saharan Africa. But its own citizens now are piling onto boats for the illegal journey across the Mediterranean. The...

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