At bilateral level, Morocco is engaged in close cooperation with some Member States, including Spain and France, with a focus on border management and combating trafficking in human beings: Morocco regularly coordinates patrols with Spain’s Guardia Civil, and France supports Morocco’s migration policy in the Souss-Massa and Oriental regions. Member States’ cooperation on border management is, in turn, supported by the EU, via
Frontex, whose cooperation with Morocco is quite unique in the region.
A joint programming exercise on a proposed Team Europe Initiative on migration is ongoing, aiming at addressing the common objectives related to migration management.