Morocco to repatriate nationals with refugee status on groundless basis

Morocco has announced that it would repatriate any of its nationals who claim refugee status on groundless basis in Germany.

This is contained in a statement from the Office of Morocco’s King Mohammed VI, on Thursday in Rabat.

It stressed that the King and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to review the cases of those irregularly staying in Germany.

The statement stressed further that both parties agreed to repatriate without delay, those Moroccan nationals who claim refugee status on groundless basis.

It said the recent flows of migrants to Europe followed what was meant to be a humanitarian move but whose goal was diverted and massively exploited by human trafficking networks, active on both shores of the Mediterranean Sea.

The statement said it also agreed that the German interior minister would visit Morocco as soon as possible to work closely with his Moroccan peer on this issue.

The two leaders hailed their cooperation in various fields and the positive development of bilateral ties.

It said thousands of people from North Africa have claimed to be from war-torn countries such as Syria, Iraq or Afghanistan, with the hope of getting the right to asylum in European countries, including Germany.