Hundreds of Young Sudanese Migrants Cross into Morocco, Straining Local Resources

Aged 16 to 26, these migrants, by the hundreds, are crossing the Moroccan-Algerian land borders. "We are in a difficult situation and face limited resources," the AMSV announced in its press release, calling on local and regional authorities to intervene urgently to preserve the dignity, humanity and rights of migrants in the social, medical and legal aspects, as well as their right to housing. The association is also calling for the help of the International Organization for Migration in Morocco (IOM), reports Snrtnews, adding that "currently many of them spend the night on the outskirts of the church that shelters many of them, including the wounded and the sick, most of them take refuge on the sidewalks and alleys adjacent to the old town."

For immediate action, the AMSV invites "all serious associations in Oujda" to mobilize in order to develop a local monitoring strategy to address and expose all the violations affecting these Sudanese migrants and migrants in the region in general. Despite the help of some associations, the church and "some benefactors providing very important services and humanitarian assistance, the needs of migrants are greater than the terrible shortages of food, shelter or clothing." Most of these migrants are people who have fled detention centers and prisons in Libya (Zuwara, Al-Zawiya, Sakka, Abu Salim in Tripoli, Bani Walid, etc.), the Association reports.