A UME team from Zaragoza, consisting of 56 soldiers and 4 dogs, is already in Morocco and in the coming hours 30 emergency workers from Madrid and 5 firefighters from Malaga will travel.
The international aid has started mobilize contribute to the Search for survivors and clear rubble in the areas affected by the earthquake that devastated the region Marrakechsouth of Morocco, and which claimed the lives of more than 2000 people.
Rescue teams then started deploying Morocco’s government has accepted help from four countries: Spain, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates and Qatar.
So coming from Zaragozaa team of Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) of the Military Emergency Unit (UME) composed by 56 soldiers and 4 dogs to work together in the search and rescue of survivors of the devastating earthquake.
According to the Spanish Ministry of the Interior, the Directorate General of Civil Protection and Emergencies coordinates the deployment of a total of 65 UME troopsfor those who More teams from autonomous communities can join.
A team of 30 people from the Special Emergency and Immediate Response Unit of the Community of Madrid (Ericam)consisting of firefighters and Summa112 personnel, along with dog guides and four rescue dogs.
Parallel, five firefighters from the Malaga City Council They will join the rescue apparatus organized by the NGO Firefighters without borders.
By New Delhimultiple G20 leaders Morocco reiterated their readiness to provide “all necessary support for urgent short-term financial needs and for reconstruction efforts” for post-earthquake recovery.
Moroccan diplomatic sources, in turn, have specified that the Maghreb country, after accepting the participation of rescue teams from Spain, the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, currently has no “need for other forms of assistance,” but that they have expressed their gratitude to the countries that have offered help.
Algeria opens its airspace and the Polisario Front expresses its condolences to the Moroccan people
To facilitate the arrival of international aid, Algeria has decided to open its airspace, which was closed two years ago for humanitarian flights to Morocco, a decision praised by the Arab League.
The government of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), which controls the Polisario Front, has expressed its condolences and solidarity with the Moroccan people following the serious earthquake. The Sahrawi driver “expresses his support and solidarity with the families who have lost their loved ones as a result of this catastrophe,” said a statement from the Sahrawi Ministry of tion.
Source: EITB
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