E/CN.4/2004/76/Add.3 page 20 86. The Special Rapporteur recommends that migration issues should be addressed in the context of socio-economic development, by stepping up the European Union’s contribution to efforts to develop a sustainable social environment. She encourages the European Union to continue its dialogue with Morocco and to base its partnership on cooperation strategies aimed at combating illegal migration through technical assistance and joint development programmes. 87. The Special Rapporteur invites the Moroccan Government to become a party to the two additional protocols to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. These instruments should form a reference framework for provisions and measures to protect victims of human smuggling and trafficking and ensure that such victims are not penalized. 88. The Special Rapporteur invites the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to provide financial and human resources to its Morocco office to enable it to discharge its mandate to protect refugees and provide assistance to the national authorities in that regard. 89. The Special Rapporteur suggests that NGOs should take a stronger position and gear their approach more towards the protection of migrants’ rights, with awareness-raising campaigns and material aid and legal support in various forms. She recommends that they should support migrants and include them in their terms of reference so that they can help defend their rights. 90. The Special Rapporteur invites university institutions to continue with their work on migrants’ rights research programmes. Notes 1 The majority of foreign prospective irregular migrants come from Algeria, Senegal, Mali, Cameroon, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Côte d’Ivoire, Nigeria, Guinea and the Congo. 2 See E/CN.4/2004/76/Add.2. 3 See CRC/C/15/Add.211 and CRC/C/93/Add.3. 4 Nationals of African countries are required to produce a valid passport and a Moroccan entry visa unless they are nationals of Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Mali, Niger, Senegal or Tunisia, in which case they are required to produce only a valid passport. 5 The relevant laws are: the Dahir of 15 November 1934, on foreigners’ entry to and residence in Morocco; the Dahir of 16 May 1941, on residence permits for Morocco, amending the Dahir of 15 November 1934; and the Dahir of 8 November 1949, regulating the immigration of Moroccan workers. 6 A fine and/or between one and six months’ imprisonment.