Morocco Closes Key Smuggling Route, Thousands Leave Border City of Fnideq

Thousands of families have left the city of Fnideq in recent times to return to their city of origin. Traffic is more fluid, the streets less crowded, the boulevards of the locality are no longer squatted, as before, by street vendors who displayed their goods in the streets. Likewise, rental apartments are becoming cheaper, with supply greater than demand. Even in terms of water and electricity consumption, there is a sharp drop, reports Al Ahdath Al Maghribia.

The situation is unlikely to change, as the decision to close the Tarajal II border would be final. The objective is to put an end to the phenomenon of smuggling which only benefits a handful of individuals who have mastered the art of exploiting carriers, particularly women, explains the newspaper.

Many believe that the departure of these thousands of people is not a bad thing in itself. Moreover, smuggling had no positive repercussions on the city of Fnideq. Better, its inhabitants did not create any dynamics in the city and did not contribute to its development, specifies the same source.