Maritime dimension in the fight against illegal migration on the western mediterranean route

Abstract

The Morocco-Spain route has been a widely used migratory route for many years. This route is called the Western Mediterranean route and since 2017, has experienced and increase in the migration flows and illegal trafficking of humans throughout Europe. The aim of this chapter is to show an analysis of the migratory flows which arrive by sea in Spain. It focuses on the illegal migration, the human trafficking and the different maritime operations that are being carried out in the fight against this problem as well as on the importance of multidimensional cooperation in order to cope with this challenge.