
Moroccan Immigrant Families Face Housing Crisis in Madrid Amid Rising Evictions
Fatima Maknassi, 31, and Rachid El Yagoubi, 51, were evicted from their home in Madrid last year. The Moroccan couple is still looking for decent housing.

Fatima Maknassi, 31, and Rachid El Yagoubi, 51, were evicted from their home in Madrid last year. The Moroccan couple is still looking for decent housing.

A Moroccan woman living in Malaga for 17 years, and a victim of violence from her Moroccan ex-husband for several years, has been trying for two years to obtain Spanish nationality for her three children aged 17, 13 and 10, all born in Spain.

Khaoula Elhaiba, the 14-year-old Moroccan girl killed in Alcala La Real (Jaen) on February 15, was buried on Saturday in Beni Ayat, Morocco. Hundreds of people attended the funeral.

The brother of Mohamed Youb, the young Moroccan attacked in July in Cales de Mallorca and who died in November at the Son Espases hospital, recounts how the latter fought against death during these four months of care.

In Belgium, nearly half of the babies born in 2020 had a mother of foreign origin. This is revealed by the Federal Planning Bureau.

Convicted and then pardoned in 1996 without being exonerated for the murder of Ghislaine Marchal, killed on June 23, 1991 in Mougins (Alpes-Maritimes), the former Moroccan gardener Omar Raddad says he holds on thanks to his wife and sons. The examination of his request for a retrial of his case will take place on December 16.

The family of Mohamed, the young Moroccan who died on Friday in Majorca after being the victim of a violent attack in July, is demanding justice.

A Moroccan association is fighting to obtain justice and compensation for the families expelled from Algeria in 1975 against the backdrop of a dispute over Western Sahara. After several unsuccessful attempts before the Algerian courts, it intends to bring the case before international courts. An initiative that comes in a context marked by new tensions between Algiers and Rabat.

The Democratic Association of Moroccan Women (ADFM) advocates a thorough review of the Family Code in order to strengthen the legal framework aimed at better guaranteeing women’s rights.

The businessman Bernard Tapie, 78 years old, struck by new tumors, made confidences about the almost family relationship between him and Zora, a 15-year-old Moroccan girl, suffering from cancer. Confidences recorded in the book by journalist Franz-Olivier Giesbert entitled: "Bernard Tapie. Lessons of life, death and love".

Actress Hiba Abouk is expecting her second child with Moroccan footballer Achraf Hakimi. For now, the couple has made no official announcement about this.

The Head of Government, Saad Dine El Otmani , calls on parents to widely vaccinate their children, in order to protect students and limit the spread of the Covid-19 virus.