Algeria pinned by the UN Committee of Migrant Workers for its arbitrary expulsion of tens of thousands of Moroccans .
During the interactive dialogue of the Committee on Migrant Workers, the treaty body responsible for examining the implementation by States of the Convention on the Rights of Migrant Workers and their Families, held on 28.03.2023, with the delegation of the Kingdom of Morocco in Geneva, Following the presentation of her report, the expert of the said Committee, Ms. Fatima Diallo, questioned Algeria on the question of the expulsion of thousands of Moroccans, residing regularly and for many years in Algeria.
Indeed, Ms. Diallo pointed out that thousands of Moroccan migrants were expelled from Algeria in 1975, and wondered, in particular about the measures that had been taken for the restitution of their property by Algeria and their compensation.
As part of this dialogue, the Director of Global Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Living Abroad, Mr. Ismail Chekkori, and while thanking the expert for the interest shown in this question, which constitutes a human and humanitarian tragedy, saw Algeria arbitrarily expel 45,000 families in the middle of the Aid el Adha religious festival.
The Moroccan official added that the national response was part of national solidarity, which had enabled the professional integration and access of Moroccans arbitrarily expelled from Algeria to social services.
Nevertheless, he insisted that, given the current context of Morocco's relations with Algeria, marked by the unilateral Algerian decision to break off its diplomatic relations with Morocco, he asked the UN Committee to examine this question. with the attention required, so that justice is done.
In Geneva, as part of the 36th session of the Committee for the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.
Morocco's immigration and asylum policy was widely welcomed by most speakers.
On the occasion of the examination of the second periodic report on the implementation of the international convention on the subject, the rapporteurs of the Committee interacted with a clear interest on the content and orientations of the Moroccan migration policy since 2013, in its human and human rights dimensions, as presented by the Minister for Economic Inclusion, Small Business, Employment and Skills, Younes Sekkouri.
The Minister reported broad recognition of Morocco's efforts in the field of migration and the integrated nature of its strategy, particularly with regard to the situation of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa.
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