33 illegal immigrants arrested close to the Moroccan Southern town of Boujdour

Thirty three subsaharan would be immigrants were arrested Tuesday North of the Town of Boujdour by the Moroccan Gendarmerie and "forces auxxiliaires" agents, a communique of the Boujdour Province said.

The press release said 31 people of the would be immigrants are Ghanean nationals and two Nigerian nationals, adding the group was intercepted at the place called "Myat Darja" in the region of Lamsid, some 70 km North of the Moroccan southern town of Boujdour.

Authorities of the region burnt the dinghy which would have ferried the people probably to Canary Islands, while the engine of the raft was seized, the communiqué said adding two Moroccans who were helping the illegal immigrants fled and are being actively sought by law enforcement agents.