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In its previous comments, the Committee noted certain changes introduced into national law and requested the Government to provide information, including statistics, in its next report on the application of the Convention in practice. It also requested the Government to provide data on the number and nationality of foreign workers employed in Morocco, the number of accidents involving these workers and the payment of compensation to the persons injured in industrial accidents or their dependants in the case of residence abroad.

In its last report, the Government provides statistical data for the years 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005 concerning the number and nationality of foreign workers employed in the country. It adds that foreign workers who are injured in industrial accidents in Morocco and their dependants benefit from equality of treatment with Moroccan nationals when their country of origin has ratified Convention No. 19, and that the benefits continue to be paid if they transfer their residence abroad.

The Committee notes this information and requests the Government to supplement the data provided in its next report with an indication of the number of foreign nationals injured in industrial accidents on the territory of Morocco during the next reporting period and, where appropriate, the number of cases in which benefits have been paid to persons injured in industrial accidents who are nationals of countries which have ratified the present Convention or to their dependants in the event of residence abroad.