Local authorities in South Morocco considers French Claude Mangin, the lady on the left, a threat to public order.
According to the French daily newspaper, Aujourd'hui le Maroc, 28th of April 2008, French citizen Claude Mangin and her friends constitutes a threat to public order. This is why they were expelled from Morocco last week.
The decision was made by local authorities, if one is to believe the newspaper.
"The same source mentions that the expulsion was decided under the articles 25 and 27 of law number 02-03 regarding the entry and stay of foreigners in the Moroccan Kingdom", reads the article.
"The source adds that these individuals were indulged in support for the separatists, presising that Mangin Claude Marguerite, who entered on April 20th, planned to arrange a travel to Moroccan Sahara in July 2008 to invite foreign NGOs to testify regarding the human rights situation and to help the separatists", reads ALM.
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