On Sept. 8, 2023, a 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit central Morocco, killing 2,862 and leaving around 6,000 people injured . The earthquake mainly hit the rural area of the High Atlas Mountains, where there were landslides, collapses and paths were cut or difficult to use. In this region, access to...
[Update on 14/9] This week, an MSF team travelled to Morocco's Chichaoua Province, located in Marrakesh-Safi, to evaluate the needs of the people living in the isolated villages affected by the strong earthquake that struck the country on the night of Friday to Saturday 8 to 9 September 2023...
John Johnson, MSF emergency coordinator, describes the situation and MSF's ongoing assessment in Marrakesh and in the cities and villages heavily affected by the earthquake, the type of wounded he met and the medical needs on site. "We settled into Marrakesh and two of us went down to a village...
“In Morocco migrants are trapped in a constant cycle of violence” MSF has denounced an increase of violence against migrants this year. What could be the reason for this? Our teams in the field have witnessed since December 2011 an important increase in raids launched by Moroccan police forces. We...
In the last month MSF teams have treated high numbers of victims of violence in Morocco´s Oriental Region. Bordering the Spanish enclave of Melilla, this region is home to many hundreds of sub-Saharan African migrants who are a route to Europe. MSF has worked with this vulnerable population since...
The Moroccan Government and EU countries must address the needs of victims of sexual violence Sub-Saharan migrant women have endured various forms of sexual violence in their countries of origin and on their way to Europe. Many are forced to leave their homes because of violence related to conflict...
