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• Family Arrested for Staging Child Kidnapping and Ransom Scheme in Morocco
  4 October 2019, by Kamal

  The Bir Jdid Police Brigade succeeded in arresting 2 women and 1 man from the same family for their alleged involvement in a case of kidnapping, extortion and launching an alert for a supposed hostage-taking.
  According to a press release from the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN), a false alert was received by the police, reporting the kidnapping of a child in the Bir Jdid region.
  The kidnappers were demanding a ransom of 60,000 dirhams from the father in exchange for his (…)

• Moroccan Household Confidence Index Drops Amid Rising Cost of Living
  18 October 2019, by Bladi.net

  The results of the business climate note from the High Commission for Planning (HCP) among Moroccans have just been published. This confidence index reports a deterioration in the standard of living of Moroccan households.
  In the third quarter of this year, the household confidence index is bowing under the weight of the cost of living. According to the business climate note, reported by HuffPost, the index stood at 74.8 points, instead of 74.9 points recorded the previous quarter and (…)

• Morocco’s Hunger Index Improves, Ranks 42nd Globally in Nutrition Report
  20 October 2019, by Sylvanus

  Morocco ranks 42nd out of 117 in the ranking of countries most and least affected by undernutrition in the world. This is revealed by the Global Hunger Index Report, published on October 14.
  In this ranking, Morocco (42nd) is among the countries with a "low level of hunger". It is behind Tunisia (23rd place) and ahead of Algeria (47th), according to the Global Hunger Index Report.
  The same source points out that the Hunger Index in Morocco is constantly decreasing since 2000, going from (…)

• Belgian Lawmakers Consider Stricter Family Reunification Rules
  21 October 2019, by Sylvanus

  If the bill proposed by Theo Francken, former Secretary of State for Asylum, and his N-VA colleagues were to be adopted, family reunification would be much more difficult in Belgium.
  The objective of this bill is to restrict certain "facilities" born from an adaptation of the law in 2014, report Sudpresse and Het Laatste Nieuws.
  According to the explanations of the former Secretary of State for Asylum, in 2014, the 2011 law too literally transposed a European directive on the free (…)

• Moroccan Parents Explore Property Buying Loophole for Students Abroad
  21 October 2019, by Sylvanus

  Instead of renting an apartment to their children wishing to pursue their studies abroad, parents can directly access property.
  Even if the measure is not codified in the General Instruction of the Foreign Exchange Office, published in January 2019, it can nevertheless be granted on a case-by-case basis, in the form of a derogation subject to a few conditions, reports L’économiste. Among them, having a child enrolled abroad, the financial capacity and the tax situation of the person. (…)

• Moroccan-British Family’s Vacation Home Seized by Drug Gang in Nador
  22 October 2019, by Kamal

  A Moroccan family whose 7 members hold British nationality, was dispossessed of its property located in Nador, between the beach and Martichka, by a Moroccan mafia. A complaint has been filed with the Prosecutor of the King near the Court of First Instance of Nador.
  Settled in England for 30 years, the family, who had the habit of spending the summer holidays in their property acquired in 2003, was surprised, on July 29, to find it occupied by members of a drug mafia.
  Wanting to recover (…)

• Family Demands Answers in Brussels Teen’s Death After Police Car Collision
  23 October 2019, by Sylvanus

  Mehdi’s family is organizing a peaceful white march in Brussels on Sunday, October 27 to pay tribute to him. He died suddenly after being hit by a police car from the Brussels-Ixelles police zone on August 20.
  Everyone will be dressed in white for this peaceful march organized in memory of Mehdi. On this occasion, the members of the teenager’s family will deliver a speech.
  "We don’t want his death to be classified as a simple incident. He was a young person, a minor. He was not fully (…)

• French Mother Seeks State Action to Repatriate Daughter, Grandchildren from Syrian Camp
  24 October 2019, by Sylvanus

  A judicial investigation was opened in Paris on October 10 on behalf of the mother of Estelle K., a jihadist stranded for two years with her three children in a Kurdish camp in Syria. The aim is to examine France’s responsibility, which she accuses of inaction in the face of these "arbitrary detentions", and to hope for their repatriation.
  After several unsuccessful complaints for 18 months, the mother of the French jihadist obtained a victory on October 10 in Paris, through the opening (…)

• Fatal Stabbing in Belgium: Drug Dispute Turns Deadly Between Brothers
  30 October 2019, by Sylvanus

  Ahmed Boujneh, 31, claims to have dealt a fatal knife blow to his brother, Aymen, by pure accident. Eyewitnesses to the scene give a different version of the facts.
  Ahmed Boujneh, prosecuted for fratricide, faces 5 years in prison. The two brothers lived in a studio on the Rue de Hesbaye in Liège, and were involved in the cocaine and amphetamine trade, reports DH.be. The incident occurred on March 17, 2018. Several men had visited them that day.
  According to Ahmed Boujneh’s version, it (…)

• Moroccan Family Faces $85,000 Medical Bill After Son’s Tragic Death in Agadir Clinic
  29 October 2019, by Kamal

  A Moroccan family found themselves in a very delicate situation, following rubber checks they issued to a clinic in Agadir. The latter billed 850,000 dirhams for the hospitalization of their son who died after 3 months in a coma.
  Revealed by an activist, the case traces the difficulties of a Moroccan family residing in Algeria, whose son had been the victim of a traffic accident.
  The 23-year-old young man passed away after spending 3 months in a coma, despite the false hopes that would (…)