26/07/2007
A new study conducted by Morocco's Ministry of Housing and Reconstruction revealed that 93,000 families live in shantytowns in Casablanca, a figure 32.8% higher than official estimates.
Casablanca's shantytown suburbs gained the government's attention following bombings in May 2003 and March and April 2007, whose perpetrators came from a shantytown in the Moulay Rachid district. Moroccan media have highlighted residents' living conditions in the shantytowns and described them as 'belts of misery'.
In order to eliminate Casablanca's shantytowns, the state established a special company called Idmaj Sakan.