Morocco rejects EU’s wish to build migrant detention facilities on its soil, says Bourita

Morocco has rejected the Council of Europe’s wish to build migrant detention facilities on its soil. The offer was made on Thursday by Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrel, who is currently on an official visit to Morocco.

«Morocco rejects and has always rejected these kinds of methods for managing the issue of migration flows», said Moroccan Foreign minister Nasser Bourita in Rabat during a meeting he held with his Spanish counterpart, reports AFP.

«These are easy solutions and counterproductive mechanisms», argued Bourita. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, on the other hand, hailed «cooperation» between Spain and Morocco.