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  • Morocco Leads Arab World in Homelessness and Begging, Official Data Shows
    4 August 2019, by Kamal

    Begging is a phenomenon that has taken on an alarming dimension on the streets of Morocco. The number of beggars in Morocco places the country at the forefront of Arab countries in this matter and raises questions about the origins and ramifications of this societal phenomenon.
    According to official statistics, Morocco is the country most affected by this social scourge, with 195,000 beggars, followed by Egypt with 41,000 and Algeria in third place with 11,000 beggars.
    The issue of (…)

  • Morocco Launches Campaign to Combat Professional Begging Amid Rising Concern
    13 June 2019, by Kamal

    Beggars of all kinds are invading Moroccan streets and arteries, and this phenomenon has been taking on alarming dimensions for some time now.
    The national association for the protection of children has just launched a national campaign to urge the Moroccan authorities to fight against the phenomenon of begging, which is growing within society. It calls on the government and the population to make more efforts to deal with the "professional scammers" who pretend to be in need.
    According (…)

  • Morocco Considers Controversial Penalties for Begging and Almsgiving
    7 June 2019, by Bladi.net

    Family Minister Bassima Hakkaoui can no longer stand the extent of the phenomenon of begging in Morocco. She made this known to parliament, simply proposing to sanction those who encourage this social drama.
    Faced with the phenomenon of begging raging in the streets of the kingdom, the Minister of Family, Solidarity, Equality and Social Development, Bassima Hakkaoui, sees a shock solution. She has also given the measure of her annoyance in the face of the members of the second Chamber. (…)

  • Morocco Unveils National Plan to Combat Child Exploitation in Begging
    21 November 2019, by Sylvanus

    The exploitation of children for begging is the scourge that the Moroccan government intends to put an end to through a national action plan currently being developed, according to Minister Jamila El Mossali.
    Speaking to the members of the House of Advisors, Jamila El Mossali addressed the issue last Tuesday. According to the explanations of the Minister of Solidarity, Social Development, Equality and Family, her department and various partners are working on the development of the (…)

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  • Wealthy Agadir Woman Exposed for Posing as Beggar, Owns Luxury Car and Properties
    9 August 2019, by Kamal

    Asking for charity has become a profession in its own right. Many people engage in it, even though they have a comfortable financial situation. This is the case of this lady in Agadir, who continues to walk the streets of the city, despite her large fortune.
    As part of the campaign against begging, the prefectural police services in Agadir decided to track down a beggar suspected of imposture.
    The results of the investigation did not take long. The woman is indeed the owner of a luxury (…)

  • Marrakech Cracks Down on Homelessness and Unauthorized Guides in Tourism Push
    9 March 2019, by Said

    Accused of giving a bad image of the city of Marrakech, several dozen homeless people, but also beggars, have been arrested in recent months by the city’s security services.
    Just in the last two months, the police have arrested some 200 homeless people, according to security sources cited by the newspaper Al Ahdath Al Maghribia, who also report the transfer of about forty people with mental disorders to specialized centers.
    This hunt also concerns the fake guides, of whom many tourists (…)

  • Agadir Police Use DNA Testing to Combat Child Exploitation in Begging Rings
    20 July 2019, by Sylvanus

    The Prefectural Police Service of Agadir intends to use DNA to determine the probable filiation that may or may not exist between the children and the beggars who exploit them. A method that is far from stemming the phenomenon.
    Resorting to DNA. This is the obvious method used by the Agadir police services to fight against the exploitation of children by professional beggars. This initiative follows the discovery of several networks specialized in begging, who exploit children and (…)

  • Mentally Ill Man Hospitalized After Knife Attack on Belgian Tourist in Morocco
    4 September 2019, by Sylvanus

    After physically assaulting a foreign tourist, a mentally disturbed man was hospitalized at the Inzegane Psychiatric Hospital.
    According to the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN), the aggressor is a mentally unbalanced person who was begging.
    Armed with a knife, he had slightly injured a Belgian tourist on the nose for not having given him money.
    The victim received the necessary care while the suspect was hospitalized in the psychiatric hospital on the instructions of (…)

  • Morocco Installs Surveillance Cameras to Combat Begging in Major Cities
    19 February 2023, by Prince

    The Moroccan Ministry of the Interior has announced the installation of surveillance cameras in the main cities of the kingdom to fight against begging.
    The Ministry of the Interior will install surveillance cameras to "improve security and prosecute those responsible for these acts [of begging] on Moroccan streets."
    The Minister of the Interior, Abdelouafi Laftit, recently declared in parliament that his department "attaches great importance to the fight against begging [...] as well (…)