Sixty young Moroccan migrants, who were detained in Algerian prisons, were handed over on Monday by Algerian authorities to their Moroccan counterparts
The Moroccan Association for Assistance to Migrants in Difficult Situations in Oujda, which monitors the case of missing, detained, and held Moroccans in various migration routes – whether in Tunisia, Libya, or Algeria – specified that the operation took place at the Zouj Beghal border post, also known as Colonel Lotfi, on the Algerian side of the border, in two phases.
In a statement, the Association added that the 60 young people concerned, who had served their sentences in Algerian prisons and detention centers, came from several Moroccan cities: Fez, Bouarfa, Oujda, Berkane, Taza, Ksar El-Kebir, Mohammedia, Taounate, Nador, Safi, Youssoufia, Figuig, Chichaoua, Khouribga, Tetouan, Ouarzazate, Tan-Tan, Beni Mellal, Demnate, Sidi Bennour, El Kalaa, Ait Bilal, and Oultane.
The Association, presided over by Hassan Ammari, specified that “some of them had served more than three years and six months in prison, in addition to a year of administrative detention.”
The Association is closely following several cases in this context, as many young people are still detained, awaiting expulsion, a procedure that faces several technical and administrative obstacles.