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Morocco says over 50,000 migrant crossings to Europe foiled

Illegal migrants sit inside the Ganzour shelter after being transferred from in the airport road due to fighting in the Libyan capital Tripoli on September 5, 2018. PHOTO | MAHMUD TURKIA | AFP

By  AFP

Moroccan authorities have so far this year foiled 54,000 bids by illegal migrants to cross to Europe, the official MAP news agency reported Friday.

It said that authorities had dismantled 74 "criminal networks" linked to people smuggling and seized 1,900 boats over the same period.

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