E/CN.4/2004/76/Add.3 page 17 68. The Special Rapporteur notes that, as a result of this mainly control-based migration policy, Morocco is under pressure to play the role of policeman. The Special Rapporteur has also been told that Morocco has been pressed by its European partners to set up reception centres along the lines of Spain’s temporary holding centres for immigrants (CETI) for initial reception of migrants awaiting a decision on their case. 69. Although the Special Rapporteur stresses that appropriate assistance should always be guaranteed and provided to irregular migrants in a particular country, she believes that the establishment of holding centres may entail certain risks. In that regard, she recalls the experience of Ceuta, where, as long as no solution can be found to the problem of sub-Saharan irregular migrants, the reception centres are frequently overcrowded, waiting times are very long and there is genuine social unrest. What is more, the establishment of such centres may place too heavy a burden on Morocco in financial and human resource terms, if measures to prevent illegal migration are not put in place at the same time. 70. In the Special Rapporteur’s view, it is essential for Morocco and the European Union to collaborate in developing a policy of co-development with migrants’ countries of origin or transit. The planned measures still seem to concentrate too much on what is basically policing. The Special Rapporteur advocates the incorporation of global development measures as part of the strategy to combat illegal immigration, which must of necessity deal with African emigration as a whole and pay particular attention to its root causes. 71. The Special Rapporteur is pleased to hear that a dialogue on the migration problem the 5+5 Dialogue - has been initiated by the countries of the western Mediterranean, and recommends that there should be a positive, concrete follow-up to the recommendations of the Tunis Declaration, which established a global, balanced framework for all aspects of the migration issue, and to the development of this approach by the Ministerial Conference in Rabat. The Special Rapporteur recommends an approach to the issue of migration that ties in with migrants’ rights, as well as action to combat poverty and local development efforts in the regions most likely to produce migrants. 72. In that regard, the Special Rapporteur urges Morocco to put in place instruments of immigration policy incorporating a component on the integration of migrant populations, for they must be given an appropriate status. She also recommends that Morocco should provide for reintegration of migrants returning home - voluntarily or otherwise. Resettlement programmes should take account of the social and human dimension of migration, including the psychological consequences of uprooting and the difficulties of re-entering the labour market. III. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 73. The Special Rapporteur notes with satisfaction the Moroccan Government’s efforts to protect the rights of its nationals abroad. She is concerned at the situation regarding the rights of Moroccan irregular migrants and at conditions for sub-Saharans in Morocco. The Special Rapporteur notes the Government’s efforts to combat illegal migration to Morocco and from Morocco to Europe. In her view, positive efforts are being made by all government bodies at various levels. The problem is the lack of financial resources to strengthen the capacity of those bodies responsible for combating illegal migration and

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