During a check on October 4 in the Wazemmes district of Lille, police officers discovered that Amine Z. was under an Obligation to Leave French Territory (OQTF) dating back to 2022. The young man was not deported to Morocco because the authorities of the kingdom did not authorize his return. He risks going back to prison.
At the request of Majda Moutchou, Morocco’s representative to the UN, the president of the National Union of Algerian Women, Nouria Hafsi, was expelled Tuesday from a meeting of the Fourth Committee of the UN General Assembly in New York, after attacking Morocco, which she described as a "colonial" monarchy.
Algeria has never intended to expel Moroccans residing on its territory, Algerian President Abdelamdjid Tebboune said in a recent statement, however stressing that he would not tolerate them entering "labyrinths". A barely veiled threat, say Algerian observers.
France is at the top of the European countries that have issued orders for Moroccan nationals to leave their territory.
In an interview, the French Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau (Les Républicains, LR), praised the efforts made by Morocco to facilitate the return of people under the "obligation to leave French territory" (OQTF) and intends to advocate dialogue with it. He wants, on the other hand, to engage in a power struggle with Algeria, which does not make enough cooperation efforts in terms of consular return authorizations.
The Spanish Ministry of the Interior has expelled to Morocco Said Ben Iazza, one of the three jihadists convicted for the attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils on August 17, 2017.
While the "obligation to leave French territory" (OQTF) is back in the spotlight in France’s relations with the Maghreb after the murder in Paris of a young French woman, Philippine, whose alleged perpetrator is a young Moroccan under this administrative measure, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy salutes the efforts made by Morocco under the leadership of King Mohammed but criticizes Algeria.
In a letter addressed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Residing Abroad, as well as to the ministerial delegation in charge of human rights, the Association of Moroccan Victims of Arbitrary Expulsion from Algeria in 1975 (AMVEEA) pleads for the introduction of a memorandum of claims in the report to be discussed by the Moroccan delegation during the twenty-seventh session of the Committee on Enforced Disappearances, which will be held from September 23 to October 4 in Geneva.
The Moroccan authorities have, in recent days, expelled 39 Algerian and Tunisian migrants in an irregular situation on the territory. These individuals, arrested near the city of Fnideq, had intended to illegally reach the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.
Influencer Hafsa Abhih, known for her videos on TikTok, has faced a delicate situation in recent days. Expelled from Turkey, she has decided to speak publicly about the reasons for this forced departure.
Suspected of being involved in cosmetic surgery operations without having obtained a legal license, a Moroccan TikToker was arrested in Turkey and then expelled to Morocco.
Algeria refuses the landing in its airports of its nationals expelled by France, in reaction to Paris’ support for Morocco’s autonomy plan for the Sahara .