They had gone to work in the Netherlands, intending to return to Morocco. On October 30, an exhibition in The Hague will look back at the history of these workers and their families. Sixty people will recount, through photographs and personal testimonies, six decades of labor immigration.
ONCF had set this Thursday, September 24, at 9 a.m., as the deadline for a new tender for five stations between Benguerir and Marrakech. The contract is estimated at 462.288 million dirhams, including tax. The first tender received no bids.
TUI will open a route between London-Gatwick and Tangier in summer 2027. The group will also increase its capacity to Marrakech and Agadir from Belgium, while Fès and Essaouira are among the new routes under consideration.
MoroccoA Toulouse-based fast-food chain says that an establishment in Al Hoceïma is using its name without belonging to its network. It warns customers that it guarantees neither the products served nor the quality of the service.
SportThe 2030 World Cup final has not yet been awarded, but the Spanish debate is already casting suspicion on a possible choice of Casablanca. A mechanism reminiscent of the Senegalese federation’s communications before facing Morocco in the AFCON final.
WorldAn undeclared property in Morocco can turn a social assistance case into a criminal matter in the Netherlands. Once the damage reaches 50,000 euros, the municipality must refer the case to the public prosecutor’s office. This threshold concerns benefits improperly received, not the value of the property.
SpainIn Ceuta, Sabah Hamed has turned her home into a humanitarian aid point. She receives around 400 migrants there every day, the vast majority of them Moroccan, offering them food, clean clothes and the chance to wash.
MoroccoMoroccans living abroad hold 222.8 billion dirhams in the Kingdom’s banks. Yet, of nearly 40 million bank accounts, only 0.3% are directly denominated in euros, dollars or other foreign currencies.
FranceA homeless man of Moroccan origin claims to have entered a house in Nîmes to squat in it. After coming face-to-face with the owner, he was sentenced to two years in prison and a permanent ban from French territory .
WorldSeriously injured in an accident in the Dominican Republic, Bouthaïna El Arj underwent head surgery. Her family says the clinic is now demanding a guarantee of 40,000 dollars, approximately 400,000 dirhams, to continue treating her.
FranceThe special procedure allowing certain undocumented immigrants working in a shortage occupation to obtain a residence permit does not directly apply to Moroccans. Their situation remains governed by the 1987 Franco-Moroccan agreement, the courts have just confirmed.
FranceFamilies raising in France a child taken in under kafala can claim an allowance of €267.63 per month. Contrary to a widespread belief, its payment is not restricted to single people.
MoroccoMoroccan automotive exports declined in 2025. The World Bank attributes this to less dynamic European demand, but also to the growing competition from Chinese electric vehicles in the kingdom’s main markets.