The EU Commission, running over its Fisheries Commissioner, is set to propose a one-year extension of the controversial fisheries agreement with Morocco, according to news reports.
At focus for the controversy is Morocco’s occupation since 1975 of Western Sahara, off which coast much of that fishing takes place.
An agreement between the EU and Morocco in effect since 2006 provides for the benefits to be transferred to the West Saharan people, 160,000 of which living in refugee camps since more than 30 years.
Critics say there is no proof that such has been the case, and the European Parliament’s legal experts found a year ago that the agreement was contrary to international law.
