Morocco foils 75,184 illegal migration attempts to Europe in 2023

FILE PHOTO: A female migrant is led by a Spanish female soldier as she is deported to Morocco after she crossed the border swimming from Morocco to Spain, at El Tarajal beach, after thousands of migrants swam across this border during last days, in Ceuta, Spain, May 19, 2021. Picture taken May 19, 2021. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco stopped 75,184 people from illegally migrating to Europe in 2023, up 6% compared to a year earlier, the interior ministry said on Tuesday.

The figures reflected "the resilience of border and coast surveillance apparatus," the ministry said in response to Reuters emailed questions.