Marrakech Grapples with Surge in Street Begging, Including Children

The streets of the city are seeing a growing number of people begging, mainly from sub-Saharan Africa and Syria. Among them, many children are forced to hold out their hands.

Local associations explain that this begging is a reflection of great precariousness. These migrants, often illiterate and unemployed, struggle to meet their most basic needs. The lack of suitable reception structures is exacerbating their situation.

The main traffic arteries, such as Avenue Hassan II or Avenue Mohammed V, have become the stage for this sad reality. At red lights, refugees ask motorists for help for a few dirhams, warn the associations cited by Rue20.

Despite the efforts of the Moroccan government to regularize the situation of these migrants and promote their integration, begging remains an omnipresent problem on the streets of Marrakech.