Here are two articles on undocumented immigrants in Morocco. One about a new immigration policy to grant asylum and give legal status. The other is specifically about Syrian refugees in Morocco who are currently lacking the aid they need.
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Morocco enacts migration reform
By Siham Ali in Rabat for Magharebia – 14/11/2013
Morocco on Monday (November 11th) announced plans to regularise the status of up to 40,000 illegal immigrants.
The scheme is part of a new Moroccan migration policy introduced in September to comply with international agreements.
Priority will be given to 850 immigrants considered asylum-seekers by the UNHCR who will benefit from legal residency rights automatically.
Six additional categories of foreign nationals are covered by the regularisation operation, which Morocco intends to run from January 1st to December 31st, 2014.
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Last updated: Saturday, November 16, 2013 7:39 PM
TANGIERS, Morocco – In a cluster of white-washed houses on Morocco’s north coast, newly-arrived Syrian families have found shelter thousands of miles from their ruined homeland but are struggling to rebuild their lives.
Since the summer, more and more Syrians have crossed from Algeria into Morocco without visas, part of the massive displacement caused by a conflict now thought to have killed more than 115,000 people and created the worst refugee crisis in nearly two decades. Rabat has yet to offer the Syrians refugee status. This means that while their presence is tolerated, they remain illegal immigrants with no right to work or enroll their children in Moroccan state schools.
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Morocco enacts migration reform
By Siham Ali in Rabat for Magharebia – 14/11/2013
Morocco on Monday (November 11th) announced plans to regularise the status of up to 40,000 illegal immigrants.
The scheme is part of a new Moroccan migration policy introduced in September to comply with international agreements.
Priority will be given to 850 immigrants considered asylum-seekers by the UNHCR who will benefit from legal residency rights automatically.
Six additional categories of foreign nationals are covered by the regularisation operation, which Morocco intends to run from January 1st to December 31st, 2014.
FULL ARTICLE
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Syrians in distant Morocco find refuge but little aid
Last updated: Saturday, November 16, 2013 7:39 PMTANGIERS, Morocco – In a cluster of white-washed houses on Morocco’s north coast, newly-arrived Syrian families have found shelter thousands of miles from their ruined homeland but are struggling to rebuild their lives.
Since the summer, more and more Syrians have crossed from Algeria into Morocco without visas, part of the massive displacement caused by a conflict now thought to have killed more than 115,000 people and created the worst refugee crisis in nearly two decades. Rabat has yet to offer the Syrians refugee status. This means that while their presence is tolerated, they remain illegal immigrants with no right to work or enroll their children in Moroccan state schools.
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