03-06-2019 21:11 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Spain urges more EU aid to help Morocco tackle migration

Spain has asked the European Union to increase the financial aid allocated to Morocco to help it counter illegal migration flows, Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrell said on Monday.“Morocco is helping us," Borrel told a news conference during a visit to Rabat, adding that such aid should not be considered as a gift to the North African country as the pressure of illegal migration grew in the Western Mediterranean.The EU promised last year to give 140 million euros ($160 million) in bord
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