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To: Thomas M. who wrote (3141)	9/5/2001 5:42:23 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Respond to of 23908

Why there'll never be an Elian Gonzalez Saga in Europe: Tuesday, 4 September, 2001, 15:25 GMT 16:25 UK Morocco's king hits back at Spain By the BBC's David Bamford in Rabat The king of Morocco, Mohammed VI, has responded vigorously to criticism by Spain that his country is not doing enough to control the hundreds of migrants entering Europe illegally from Morocco. King Mohammed, in an interview published in Tuesday's edition of the French newspaper Le Figaro, accused mafia gangs in Spain of playing the biggest role in the trafficking of humans. Spain complained to the Moroccan ambassador at the end of last month about the problem of immigration after nearly 1,000 new arrivals in less than a week. Spanish smugglers The king reportedly acknowledged that emigration was a problem that his government needed to address. But he resented the implication that Morocco was to blame for Spain's immigration and drug-smuggling difficulties. Drug traffickers who operate in Morocco, he said, have Spanish passports and bank accounts. The king also argued that the boats which take migrants across the Gibraltar straits come from Spain, and that they often had powerful motors able to outrun Moroccan navy vessels. [...] news.bbc.co.uk The (sad) truth is, those Moroccan wretches who've made it to Spain on their own --that is, aboard their own tubs-- must count themselves lucky... For I've been told that Spanish coastguards' favorite pastime is to bump them on the high seas and capsize the whole boatload... That way, Spain doesn't have to deal with shameful statistics on drowned illegals washed up on its southern shores. But then, who else can better enforce the Mafia's monopoly on illegals transshipping? Gus.