A man distributes food to African migrants at a makeshift home on the outskirts of Casablanca, Morocco September 5, 2018. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal
TANGIER, Morocco (Reuters) - African emigrants are defying a campaign by Morocco to keep them away from land and sea crossings to Spain, which has become the main entry point to Europe for migrants and refugees following crackdowns elsewhere.
Moroccan police conduct regular raids of areas popular with people from elsewhere in Africa and have bussed thousands to the other end of the country since 800 people stormed a fence to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in northern Morocco in July.
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