For west Africans dreaming of reaching the European "El Dorado", a new "Libyan route" has replaced the once-favoured and more direct path through Morocco, after Rabat stepped up controls to stem this human tide north. Ibrahim Diarra, a migrant biding time in the north Malian city of Gao, a key transit point for Europe-bound migrants at the edge of the desert, said: "It is practically impossible to go through Morocco anymore. The Moroccan police are very vigilant."
Morocco, under European pressure, increased surveillance after repeated attempts last year by African migrants to enter the Spanish - and hence European Union - territories of Ceuta and Melilla.
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