The Moroccan Association for Human Rights has accused the Moroccan authorities of assaulting, and ill-treating, African migrants in illegal camps in northern Morocco, and the association says these camps do not respect the fundamental rights of migrants or their human dignity.
Omar Naji, deputy head of the Moroccan Association for Human Rights in the city of Nador, revealed in a special statement to the German News Agency (dpa) that the Moroccan authorities detained a group of migrants in the "Bouyafar" camp (30 kilometers from the city ), describing the camp as illegal As it is not subject to judicial control.
Nagy accused the Spanish and Moroccan authorities of breaking the law together when the first allowed Moroccan security forces to enter Spanish territory to arrest the approximately 35 migrants and refugees who stormed the "Farkhana" border crossing and entered the city of "Melilla" in order to return them to the "Arkman" camp (20 km from the city of Nador), which In which Africans suffer from difficult residence conditions.
Nagy described the behavior of the Moroccan authorities as "revenge" because of "their raid on migrant camps in the forests of the north and burning them of temporary plastic huts that protect them from cold and rain, and Nagy accused the Moroccan authorities of not taking into account the harsh conditions of their residence and the presence of women and children within them."
The branch of the Moroccan Association for Human Rights in Nador expressed its concern about the health situation of African migrants and refugees who suffer from malnutrition, the absence of medicines and the difficult living conditions they face in Moroccan detention camps before being deported to their countries.