The Algerian authorities handed over to their Moroccan counterparts on Monday 36 young Moroccans candidates for irregular migration through the border post of Zouj Bghal, in Oujda and that of Colonel Lotfi in Maghnia, open exceptionally, reports the association Aid to migrants in vulnerable situations (AEMSV) in a press release. These repatriated Moroccan migrants come from the cities of Fez, Oujda, Berkane, Taza, Meknes, Salé, Taounate, Tangier, Ouezzane, Béni Mellal, Ksar El Kebir, Beni Mathar, and Demnate and had served their sentences in various Algerian prisons. Some had served prison sentences, in addition to more than five months of administrative detention.
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Hundreds of young people are still in administrative detention awaiting repatriation, as well as a certain number of detainees in police custody, the association reports, noting that this operation encounters “several technical and procedural difficulties that it is trying to resolve “. The AEMSV has also raised the subject during international meetings and forums, the most recent of which is the first World Congress on Enforced Disappearances, held in Geneva, Switzerland, on January 15 and 16, 2025. According to him , the number of Moroccans missing, imprisoned and detained as candidates for immigration to Algeria stands at 483.
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-The association further reported that it is working on the expulsion of other detainees and the revelation of the fate of the missing, including people from Algerian families, as well as several bodies (six), including two remains of young girls. from the eastern region, whose families are awaiting release and restitution.
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