One year after joining the African Union, King Mohammed VI suggested in a letter read by Prime Minister, Saadeddine El Othmani, during the organization’s 30th summit the creation of an African migration observatory and a post of an AU Special Envoy for migration.
This Tangier-native has always been involved in social work in Brussels, helping in particular young people with an immigrant background. In his book «Tangellois, non peut-être», Amidou Si M'Hammed recalls the experience of his immigrant parents. Portrait.
At the 5th AU-EU summit, Mohammed VI’s speech was dedicated to migration. The king has denounced some ideas that are widespread in Europe regarding migrants and which spread fear and hatred. In Abidjan, the sovereign seized the opportunity to call for establishing new partnerships between the two continents.