Morocco has dismantled over 400 human trafficking webs in 2000

The Moroccan security has dismantled over 400 human trafficking webs, which used to smuggle in illegal emigrants to Europe, the Moroccan foreign department said Wednesday.

During the question time at the House of Representatives, minister of civil service and administrative reform said, on behalf of minister of foreign affairs and cooperation, that between January 1st and June 30, 2000, some 35,000 people were arrested, while trying to enter illegally Europe and that 15,000 of these candidates to illegal emigration came from Asian and African countries.

The official stressed that addressing the problem needs a comprehensive approach that tackles the problem roots and origins, calling the European Union and north Mediterranean countries to cooperate with Morocco in this issue through co-development actions and encouraging investments.

He also recalled that Morocco is sparing no effort to struggle against illegal emigration, in view of the problems that this phenomenon entails, particularly the exploitation of Moroccan illegal labor by European employers.