Sweden : Deportation rate to Morocco increased thanks to new partnership

The number of Moroccan nationals deported from Sweden has increased, reports public broadcaster Sveriges Radio quoted by the Local online newspaper. This increase was achieved through the ability of accessing records of Moroccan asylum seekers in the European country.

According to the same source, the Swedish authorities have signed a new partnership with their Moroccan counterparts, allowing them to «identify people who have been given deportation order then send to the country».

The use of fingerprint records has paid off as the number of deportations carried out to Morocco jumped from 75 in 2016 to 135 in 2017. The partnership launched in 2017 enables the Swedish police and the Migration Agency to check the Moroccan database.

Many of the Moroccan nationals who come to Sweden «lack sufficient cause for asylum», said Sveriges Radio, adding that most of them get involved in crimes and drug abuse.

In February 2017, both Sweden and Germany declared that they would collaborate to construct youth centers in Morocco for migrants deported from the two countries. Unfortunately Germany withdrew from the project which held the idea of «providing homes and care for young migrants in Morocco». Since then the Swedish project did not see any progress.