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Périphérie Urbaine Et Migration Dans Le Pré-Sahara Marocain, Ifni: Une Petite Ville, De La Pêche À L'Émigration Clandestine, Mohamed Ben Attou
Périphérie Urbaine Et Migration Dans Le Pré-Sahara Marocain, Ifni: Une Petite Ville, De La Pêche À L'Émigration Clandestine, Mohamed Ben Attou
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Urban Periphery and Migration in the Moroccan Pre-Sahara
Ifni: A Small Town, from Fishing to Illegal Immigration
A Spanish enclave until 1969, Sidi Ifni has long played the role of a strategic military base for the Spanish North African colonies (42,000 men in 1950). The only accompanying Spanish economic activity revolved around fishing. The departure of the Spanish caused a real economic downturn followed by a voluntary emigration of the population of Ifni to the Iberian Peninsula and / or to the Canary Islands. This massive emigration and the regression of the fishing activity caused, in the socio-economic absence of …