Morocco

EU launches a cooperation with Morocco allocating €152 million comprehensive programme on migration will strengthen Morocco's border management actions in the fight against smuggling networks, the National Strategy of Morocco on Immigration and Asylum,  as well as the voluntary return and the reintegration of migrants to their countries of origin, in accordance with international standards in terms of Human rights.

The labor authorities in Morocco have launched a short-term work authorization (STWA) which allows foreign nationals to conduct employment activities, including hands-on work, for up to three months for an employer in Morocco. The STWA will make it easier for foreign nationals to perform urgent, short-term work for an employer in Morocco, as the administrative requirements are less cumbersome than obtaining a long-term work permit.

The Minister of Labour issued an ordinance on the issuance of a new model for the employment contract of foreigners in Morocco while allowing the employer and employee the flexibility to include in the contract specific clauses containing additional economic or social guarantees or advantages. Article 4 of the ordinance postulates that in accordance with the provisions of article 516 of Law no. 65-99, the employer undertakes to inform the government authority responsible for labour affairs about any modification occurring on the contract, which it submits for visa application. The new ordinance repeals the decree of the Minister of Labour and Professional Training No. 350-05 of 2005.

Decree No. 2-17-740 establishes the formation and operating procedures of the National Commission for the Coordination of Measures to Combat and Prevent Human Trafficking, an inter-ministerial commission established in 2017.

Morocco's GCM report provides a brief overview of the country's policies against the GCM and further identifying key challenges and objectives for moving forward.

The programme of cooperation with Belgium covers a number of issues, including encouraging Moroccans in Belgium to invest more in their country of origin.

Law No.27/14 criminalizes trafficking and clarifies the difference between human trafficking, migrant smuggling and irregular migration.

Law No. 26/14 outlines the rights and conditions of asylum for seekers.

Morocco launched a four pronged, three-year strategy with a view to integrating regularized migrants, reviewing and adapting the legal, procedural and institutional framework in connection with migration, and basing migration management on human rights principles.

Morocco's Mobility Partnership with the European Union (EU) seeks to better inform Moroccans about legal options for migration to the EU and to support Moroccan efforts, including with capacity-building, to prevent irregular migration and combat trafficking and smuggling networks. It aims to improve the exchange of information between Morocco and the EU and cooperation on the administrative, operational and technical levels to identify and dismantle such networks. The agreement also provides for cooperation to support “the socioeconomic development of regions with high migration potential”, and information exchange and technical cooperation on border management as well as an agreement to strengthen asylum authorities in Morocco, developing asylum legislation and protecting refugees.