Police cooperation agreement between Nouakchott and Madrid
Strengthening Mauritania's capabilities to combat illegal immigration
Cohorts of African immigrants pass through Spain to Europe each year.
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Mauritania, Spain and the European Union signed, the day before yesterday, in Nouakchott, a cooperation agreement between the Mauritanian and Spanish polices, to enhance capabilities in the fight against illegal immigration.
The agreement, funded by four and a half million euros, aims to raise the capabilities and readiness of the Mauritanian police to track and prevent waves of migrants from flowing to the Spanish coast, and to take the Mauritanian territory as a transit point for African migrants from sub-Saharan Africa towards Europe.
The agreement was signed by the Director-General of National Security in Mauritania, Lieutenant-General Mesqarou Ould Sidi, the Director-General of the Spanish Police, Francisco Parado, and on the European side, the head of the European Union delegation in Mauritania, Crivelli Jones.
The agreement also aims to “effectively eliminate the phenomenon of illegal immigration, increase human capabilities to confront illegal immigrants, and support the Mauritanian security forces in all areas related to confronting this phenomenon.”
The Director-General of National Security - the Office for Combating Illegal Immigration confirmed that 67 networks or groups of transients had been dismantled, and 95 people had been referred to the judiciary, 74 of whom are awaiting judicial rulings, while 21 of them have been placed under judicial supervision.
In turn, the Director General of the Spanish National Police said that the project, which will be implemented under this agreement, will constitute a qualitative addition to support the good relations between the two friendly countries, especially in the security field and the diversified cooperation between the police sectors in the two countries.
More than a decade ago, Mauritania turned into a transit point for African migrants heading to Europe, specifically the Spanish Canary Islands, the closest border of the European Union to the Mauritanian coast.
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