[DM] On Morocco's expulsion of sub-Saharan African migrants and its import

[rfmcdonald]

I've a post up at Demography Matters reporting on a news article announcing Morocco's recent deportation of hundreds of migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa to a desolate spot on the Algerian frontier. This says things about Morocco's role as a transit country, from Sub-Saharan Africa to europe. It also implies interesting things about Morocco's fate. If the Straits of Gibraltar become impenetrable, and Morocco remains (as it has) substantially richer than its neighbours south of the Sahara, doesn't this suggest that Morocco might also accumulate a large immigrant community?

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