Morocco Intensifies Border Security with Massive Deployment of Resources

Morocco attaches importance to the control and surveillance of its borders. "The surveillance of borders, as well as the strengthening of operational capacities to face threats, are among the main concerns of the FAR. The mission of the Moroccan army as well as that of the Royal Gendarmerie is to mobilize significant material and human resources to control and monitor the land borders, which are 3,300 km long, and maritime borders, which stretch over a distance of 3,500 km, in addition to airspace," said Abdellatif Loudiyi, Minister Delegate in charge of Defense Administration, during the discussions of the sectoral budget of his department by the Foreign Affairs Committee in the House of Representatives.

He specified that the Land Forces rely on fixed and support points, intervention units, an electronic surveillance system composed of fixed and mobile radars, as well as electronic audiovisual means and mini-drones. As for the Royal Air Force, it contributes effectively to these operations through the deployment of a series of fixed air surveillance radars to counter any air intrusion. What about the role of the Royal Navy? It "carries out permanent surveillance to combat illegal activities in territorial waters using maritime surveillance radars and the mobilization of intervention units along the Moroccan coasts."

For its part, the Royal Gendarmerie contributes to border surveillance and provides support, at several levels, in land, air and maritime spaces. The minister also said that 50,000 soldiers have been mobilized for these major deployments and that significant financial resources have been mobilized to facilitate their mobility in addition to the repair and maintenance of the electronic border surveillance system.