Moroccan NGOs Denounce Political Use of Migration, Estimate 100,000 Displaced

Moroccan human rights groups estimate that approximately 100,000 people have moved toward the country's northern border with the intention of crossing into Ceuta. These organizations have denounced what they call a "resounding failure" of Rabat's policies and the "political use of migration" as a pressure tactic. Morocco has maintained official silence regarding the severe migration crisis that began Thursday, when an estimated 60,000 migrants entered Ceuta irregularly, many of them young people, but also families and minors.

The Moroccan Association for Human Rights (AMDH) stated in a critical release that this crisis "reflects the blockage of the social horizon" in Morocco and demonstrates the state's inability to guarantee "the minimum of human dignity" for its population. The AMDH holds the Moroccan state "politically and legally responsible for the catastrophic conditions that have led to this collective exodus, comparable in magnitude to situations in war zones or armed conflict."

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The organization argues that the crisis is not an isolated event but the result of "decades of marginalization, impoverishment, and social exclusion." It serves as an "extremely serious indicator of the degree of desperation" and loss of faith in public institutions. The AMDH directly blames the Moroccan state, warning that "hopelessness has ceased to be an individual feeling and has become the identity of an entire generation" that views migration as a rejection of inequality, "corruption, authoritarianism, and abuse of power."

The AMDH also accuses Rabat of instrumentalizing migration for political ends, criticizing the "use of the humanitarian card" as a mechanism for pressure and negotiation with Spain and the European Union. "Migration is a human right, and it is not legitimate to turn the suffering of poor, marginalized people, and victims of public policy failures into instruments of geopolitical maneuvering or bargaining chips in political and diplomatic negotiations," the group stated. The Observatory of the North for Human Rights in Morocco echoed these concerns, condemning the use of irregular migration as a political or diplomatic tool and demanding that citizens "not be treated as instruments of pressure or negotiation."

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