Economic inequality drives migration from Morocco @DemocracyNow

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Miriyam Aouragh, an anthropologist and the daughter of Moroccan immigrants to Europe, says the driving factors for the mass movement of people crossing from Morocco to Ceuta are a combination of shifting entry policies to Spain and increasing economic inequality in Morocco.

Economic inequality drives migration from Morocco

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