Stranded since March, several Moroccans have found themselves unable to afford their forced, long stays in Sub-Saharan African countries. Three of them have been exhaustedly awaiting a flight home.
At least 7,000 Moroccan seasonal workers hired to pick fruits in the Huelva region (southern Spain) will lose their jobs by June. These workers will be added to the 31,800 Moroccans stranded abroad since the closure of borders due to the coronavirus, EFE reports. Quoting sources involved in the recruitment of these seasonal workers, the Spanish news agency explains that 3,000 of these women will lose their jobs by the first week of June while the others will gradually find themselves
A group of Moroccans tranded in Turkey has been demanding repatriation. They are Moroccan nationals who have joined the ranks of ISIS before it declined. After they took refuge in Turkey, they want to be brought back home. On Facebook, they launched an appeal, calling the Moroccan authorities to «consider» their repatriation. They claim that they «have never adopted an ideology or a tendency to harm their county and its interests». They also reported that their stay in
Gradually lifting lockdown restrictions, Morocco’s Interior Ministry has decided to cancel the need of carrying special travel authorizations when traveling from one province to the other. Officials and employees working in the public and private sectors are to benefit from the decision, the Ministry announced in a press release. Instead of carrying an authorization to travel to other provinces, these workers will have to have travel orders signed by their employers. For the record,
7 new confirmed coronavirus cases were recorded between Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning in Morocco, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 7,577, the health Ministry announced. In a recent update, the Ministry reported that 155,791 suspected cases have tested negative for the virus so far. While deaths related to the coronavirus stand at 202, the number of Covid-19 patients who recovered in the Kingdom has reached 4,969. The confirmed coronavirus cases in
As of Tuesday, May 26, Morocco recorded 45 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections to 7,577. Two deaths were also recorded during the same period, bringing the death toll to 202. The fatality rate currently stands at 2.7%. 107 new recoveries were recorded in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of recoveries to 4,881. Most of the new confirmed cases (37) were recorded in Casablanca-Settat, five in Marrakech-Safi and three in
National police arrested a man suspected of sexually assaulting a Moroccan woman housed in a temporary reception center near a Muslim cemetery in Melilla. The center is a refuge to a group of Moroccans who has been stranded since March after Morocco implemented a coronavirus travel ban. According to Europa Press, police arrested the man on Tuesday at 12:30 am following the complaint filed by the woman. The alleged assault took place on Monday at 9:30 p.m. at the Muslim cemetery. The
Morocco is one of the best performing country at the Africa Regional Integration Index. The Kingdom ranks fourth as the most economically integrated country in the continent.
More than 80 British citizens, living in Gibraltar and the UK, were repatriated from Morocco, Saturday. The British nationals were ferried across the Strait of Gibraltar from Tangier, Gibraltar Chronicle reports. The authorities in Gibraltar, the UK and Morocco organized the repatriation operation, the same source wrote, adding that the ferry was operated by RSF. The ferry repatriated 57 Gibraltar residents, their 11 cars, and 25 UK nationals. The returnees were tested and are
Renault Maroc, the French company’s Morocco section, announced, Monday, that five of its employees in Tangier have tested positive for the coronavirus, local newspaper Tanger24 reported, quoting a press release from the firm. The same source indicates that 1,205 coronavirus tests were carried out, including 150 ones undertaken on Saturday. The group is still awaiting the results of two other suspected cases. The company assured that in full cooperation with health and public
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