The externalization of European borders in a neighbouring country such as Morocco is aimed at:
using different repressive practices carried out by Moroccan military forces and with European funding to try to slow down the number of sub-Saharan migrants trying to cross the border into Europe.
create agreements to improve mobility conditions between Europe and Africa, especially for Moroccan citizens who want to reach Spain.
support Morocco in its decision to protect itself and Europe from the threat of invasion by black people.
One of the practices in which the externalization of European borders in Morocco is materialized is that of:
facilitating the integration of sub-Saharan migrants living in Morocco through job training programmes
discriminate against those who are in an irregular situation in the country in order to protect, if necessary, those who could potentially apply for asylum as well as unaccompanied foreign minors.
arresting and forcibly moving to the south of the country the entire black population without distinction, living in the cities of northern Morocco, mainly near the enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla.
Most of the forced displacement of black people living in the cities of northern Morocco:
are carried out comfortably in buses equipped for long journeys by which migrants are taken. to reception centres in other cities that can offer them more job opportunities.
are carried out in buses to cities in the south of the country or to the border with Algeria, sometimes leaving the migrants in the middle of the roads at a distance of between 3 and 6 kilometres from the final destination
they do not take place in the case of minors, pregnant women, asylum seekers or migrants in regular situations in the country.
Deportations of sub-Saharan migrants from Morocco to countries of origin:
are always done under the will of these people to return to their country, these are not deportations but voluntary returns.
are always notified in advance so that these people can prepare their return journey.
they are carried out under an operation that Morocco calls "return operations", with the support of international organizations such as the IOM, by means of commercial flights and without taking into account the people's will to return. .
Externalization practices of the European border in Morocco:
finance a series of violent and repressive actions against the sub-Saharan population consisting of racially profiled arrests, forced displacement and deportations to prevent migration to Europe from transit countries.
take into account the migration legislation of external countries and seek to protect migrants' fundamental human rights.
are designed to prosecute mafias that prey on migrants by stealing money to cross into Europe.