Morocco worked to make sure the return of minors from EU

King Mohammed VI has instructed Morocco’s government to facilitate the re-entry of all unaccompanied but identified Moroccan children who are within the European Union illegally, the govt said on Tuesday.

Last month thousands of individuals crossed into Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta from Moroccan territory, escalating a diplomatic dispute between the 2 countries.

Morocco’s foreign and interior ministries said during a statement that although Morocco had already worked with EU countries to make sure the return of minors, procedures in some countries had delayed their return.

Most migrants who crossed into Ceuta were immediately returned to Morocco, but many unaccompanied minors remain.

Morocco is angry at Spain’s decision to require in Western Sahara independence leader Brahim Ghali for medical treatment without informing Rabat.

It said on Tuesday that the difficulty of migration was getting used to distract from what it called the “real causes of the present political crisis with Spain”, pertaining to Madrid’s position on Western Sahara.