CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) — Seven Moroccan taxi drivers were sentenced to up to six months in prison and fined $1,070 each for aiding irregular migration by driving people to the Spanish border in Ceuta. The drivers were sentenced Monday after appearing before prosecutors without defense representation due to a nationwide lawyers’ strike. Labor unions, including the national taxi union, condemned the sentences as “shocking and harsh,” noting in a statement that “no official decision was issued imposing restrictions on passenger transport.” “Taxi drivers cannot be held responsible for what happened,” Ali Younes, secretary general of the Tetouan branch of the national taxi union told The Associated Press. The operation resulted in 78 arrests in Spain and Algeria in June, weeks before the migrant surge into Ceuta.