Internal EU report suggests Morocco is helping Spain stop migrants reach Europe. RenataBritoAP
FILE - In this June 28, 2018 photo, Guardia Civil officers stand guard as migrants stay at a makeshift emergency center for migrants at Barbate's municipal sports center, in the south of Spain, after being rescued by Spain's Maritime Rescue Service in the Strait of Gibraltar. Spain appears to have stemmed a surge in illegal migration that made it the main Mediterranean entry point for migrants seeking ways into Europe by increasing Morocco's involvement in border control.
“In the last four months, the increased cooperation between Spanish and Moroccan authorities has significantly contributed to decrease the illegal migratory flows towards Spain,” says the report, which was distributed to member nations in March. The EU office dealing with relations with neighboring countries declined to comment on the migration report but noted that the bloc has spent 232 million euros on migration-related projects with Morocco since 2014, mostly in border control and fighting smugglers. That includes a 140 million-euro border management package approved late last year.
Spain became reluctant to accept migrant ships from other parts of the Mediterranean and ordered the Spanish Maritime Rescue Service to stop the daily tweeting of migrant rescues off Spanish shores.
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