Moroccan migrants in Libya seek return, stage hunger strike
MARRAKECH, Morocco — Moroccan authorities said Wednesday that they are working to bring home a large group of Moroccan migrants who sought to enter Europe illegally but are stuck in a Libyan detention centre.
An official at the ministry in charge of migration and Moroccans living abroad told The Associated Press that the “Moroccans will be repatriated.”
“The operation takes time and involves several people, but we are working on it,” the official said, adding that authorities are holding meetings with the migrants’ families to reassure them.
An official at the Foreign Ministry said several government departments are involved in the effort to bring the Moroccans home.