Morocco
Temporary identity, migration management, and statelessness solutions
Morocco’s temporary migration management schemes have been limited in terms of their impact on migrant families’ ability to maintain regular status and register births. The government of Morocco launched a regularization program in 2014, with a second phase in 2016. Morocco issued temporary residence permits to around 50,000 people by late 2018. The regularization drive was heavily critiqued during the UPR (2017), as it did not result in the regularization of many refugees. Beneficiaries encountered difficulties renewing their residence permits in a number of cities. There were rigid criteria for regularization, which were impossible to meet for many migrants. There was also a lack of transparency and discretional interpretation of procedures for processing applications between the different regional commissions. When parents lacked status or fell out of status, many preferred not to register their children due to the risk of deportation.
