According to an assessment by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), 55,001 immigrants and refugees entered Europe by sea until July 25, 2018, compared to 111,753 last year and more than 250,000 in 2016.
Arrivals in Spain in August 2018 exceeded those in Italy. To date, just over 38% of irregular migrants in the Mediterranean have crossed the western Mediterranean route, whose irregular migration volume has more than tripled compared to last year. Spain has become the favorite destination of smugglers. 18,000 people have landed
illegally on the Spanish coast since the beginning of the year. This is three times more than in 2017. A phenomenon in full expansion since in June they were nearly 10,000 to cross the Mediterranean from the African coast to reach Spain.
In France, the latest figures from Frontex show an erosion of the “migration crisis”. In addition, the adoption of the Asylum and Immigration Bill in the Senate gives rise to some interesting considerations.

An amendment has been adopted to reduce the number of long-stay visas granted to nationals of countries whose authorities are least cooperative to recover their illegal immigrants expelled from France. Mali, Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria are on the front line.

France and Spain have recently called for strengthening the support and cooperation of the European Union (EU) with countries of origin, transit and destination, particularly Morocco, to face the migratory challenge. 
– Convinced that the migratory phenomenon must be approached from a humanitarian dimension and not only following a security and border control approach, with our partners, we decided to set up a youth exchange project
entitled “The Thousand and A Nights of the Mediterranean “and which will bring together 50 young people from 07 different countries (France, Spain, Italy, Greece, Morocco, Tunisia, and Portugal), and will take place in Marrakech in Morocco To tackle the theme of illegal immigration through non-formal and informal education.
Our youth exchange is designed and dedicated to young people interested in human rights and in particular illegal immigration, through storytelling, new media, blogs, active citizenship and non-formal education. offering them the opportunity to exchange ideas and points of view, to work together and to express themselves through different methods. During 07 days, participants will face different challenges, meet new people with different backgrounds while sharing skills and developing new skills. At the end of this learning journey, these new skills will be a basic building block for creating opportunities and exploring new opportunities on their way home.
Self-reflection and non-formal education are key elements.

Using non-formal education tools, participants will address the topic of Illegal immigration and human rights.
The idea of the project was developed during Erasmus + mobility and during which the majority of partners have contributed to developing a partnership that meets the needs of young members of our respective associations.
The project will value the work of all those who engage in human projects and activities to work with immigrants, combat racism, xenophobia and discrimination and try to build a society based on multicultural and cultural integration.Freedom, equality and fraternity.

Our exchange project perfectly meets the objectives of the Erasmus + program. Because its main objective is to raise awareness of the different realities that surround us, in particular the importance of non-formal learning in improving respect for human rights.