Morocco presented, Friday in Geneva, an overview of its programs and public policies aimed at improving the health of migrants and refugees, as part of its humanitarian and multi-sectoral approach to the migration issue.

Speaking at the World Health Assembly, the Secretary General of the Ministry of Health and Social Protection Abdelkrim Meziane Belfkih stressed that Morocco, under the leadership of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, continues to meet the challenges and exploit the opportunities offered by migration and asylum, through its national strategy initiated since 2013.

This strategy constitutes a unique migration management model, backed by the principles of the Constitution and a holistic, multi-sectoral, interdisciplinary and humanist migration policy, which addresses the complexity of the migration issue in a coordinated, convergent and integrated manner, involving all the sectors concerned, and capitalizing on past experience and lessons learned, said Belfkih.

Morocco has had a national agreement since 2015 to ensure medical coverage for migrants and refugees, he recalled, adding that a joint interministerial circular was drawn up in 2017 to strengthen this coverage.

In addition, a National Health and Immigration Strategic Plan 2021-2025 has been drawn up to improve access to preventive services, health promotion and medical care for vulnerable migrants and refugees, while respecting human rights and the principles of equity and solidarity, the Moroccan official added.

Source: Agency Morocaine De Presse