
Tragedy at Sea: Eight Migrant Bodies Wash Ashore in Southern Morocco
The lifeless bodies of eight migrants have been found by local authorities on the coast of Tarfaya, in southern Morocco.

The lifeless bodies of eight migrants have been found by local authorities on the coast of Tarfaya, in southern Morocco.

A Moroccan child drowned on Friday in a municipal pool in Móra d’Ebre, Tarragona. The minor and his family, passing through the city, had decided to spend the afternoon at the pool.

The Civil Guard discovered on Monday the body of a Moroccan migrant, in an advanced state of decomposition. The body had already spent several days in the water, and was probably drained by the sea current, before washing up near the coast of Ceuta.

Shock and consternation in Afourer, in the Azilal region. The bodies of four people were recovered after their light vehicle fell into an irrigation canal.

Last Thursday, the residents of the CPAS nursing home in Hal (Flemish Brabant) were shocked by the death of Mohamed, a man of Moroccan origin who drowned in a pond while trying to save two children.

We know a little more about the car recovered on Wednesday by the civil protection elements of Rabat. The vehicle mysteriously fell into the sea on Friday evening near the "Ank El Jabal" area.

After several days of searching, the civil protection elements of Rabat succeeded, on Wednesday afternoon, in recovering the car that fell into the sea at the level of the Rabat corniche .

A car with two individuals on board ended up on the Rabat corniche, opposite the so-called "Ank El Jabal" area. The car then "deliberately" plunged into the sea under circumstances that remain mysterious for the moment.

Another young Moroccan dies trying to reach the enclave of Ceuta by swimming. The tragedy occurred on Thursday, according to AFP citing the Spanish Civil Guard.

The Moroccan Association for Human Rights (AMDH) is asking the Spanish Ministry of the Interior to exceptionally open the border to allow the repatriation of the body of Abdelfattah Charkaoui, who died by drowning on August 11 while trying to reach Melilla by swimming.

Another four cases of drowning have been recorded in Moroccan waters. Two men, a woman and a child lost their lives while swimming in an attempt to escape the heat wave affecting the Beni Mellal region.

Little Wadie, aged two and a half, drowned on Saturday in Los Narejos, on the coast of the Murcia region. His family, residing in Paris and on vacation in the region, is desperately trying to repatriate his body to Morocco or France to bury him with dignity.