Rabat – Six sub-Saharan migrants have been sentenced to prison terms of two years after clashes during an operation last month to clear camps in Casablanca, media reports said on Friday.
The six were found guilty of “contempt and violence against law enforcement officials, damage to public property and illegal entry into Morocco”, the Alyaoum24 news site reported.
Morocco is a transit country for many migrants, particularly sub-Saharan Africans, seeking to reach Europe from the kingdom’s Atlantic or Mediterranean coasts.
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The six were arrested in the North African country’s commercial capital on January 16 after trouble in which a police officer was injured and five police vehicles damaged, reports at the time said.
They were also fined 60 000 dirhams (about 5 500 euros) each, Alyaoum24 said.
Enass, a media outlet specialising in migrant issues, said the six “did not have access to legal aid” in the trial, which was in Casablanca.
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