Sentences handed over irregular Morocco-Canary Islands migration
Migrants wait to disembark from a fiber boat after being rescued by a Spanish coast guard vessel in the port of Arguineguin, on the island of Gran Canaria, Spain February 3, 2024. REUTERS/Borja Suarez
Two people have been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison by a Spanish court for being involved in migrant crossings from southern Morocco to the Canary Islands, according to the Moroccan government-friendly Yabiladi on March 6th.
The court in Las Palmas found the pair guilty of facilitating irregular migration as part of a network operating along Morocco’s southern coast.
Reportedly, the group organised at least four sea journeys between September 2022 and July 2023. The attempted crossings left 96 people dead.
Yabiladi, Maghrebi.org
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