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French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau is making a visit to Rabat this Sunday. The objective is to "consolidate the progress" with the kingdom, "particularly regarding consular laissez-passer."
Bruno Retailleau is expected in Rabat this Sunday for a review visit, six months after his appointment to the Bayrou government. During his stay in Morocco, the French Interior Minister will meet with his Moroccan counterpart, Abdelouafi Laftit. The two officials will discuss matters of mutual (…)

Police arrested an Algerian illegal immigrant who threatened to kill the Moroccan vice-consul in Marseille and bit a security guard.
Chaotic scene at the Moroccan consulate in Marseille on Friday, April 11. A 30-year-old Algerian illegal immigrant threatened to kill the Moroccan vice-consul at the consulate in Marseille and bit a security guard in the face, according to police information obtained by Valeurs actuelles. Alerted to the incident in the middle of the afternoon, the police (…)

Since Friday, Saharan sand has returned to Lyon, with a risk of deteriorating air quality.
"It’s the west and southwest of the country that should be mainly affected," warns Guillaume Séchet from Météo Villes. He explains: "The wind is turning to the south, at high and low altitudes, and this propels sand all the way to France and beyond. As the weather is unsettled over Morocco, sandstorms are reaching us. It’s not a major episode, but it can be visible because there will be a rather (…)

Several Moroccan businessmen are in the sights of the Moroccan Foreign Exchange Office. An in-depth investigation has been launched regarding the alleged use of "offshore" bank accounts, located in particular in the Bahamas and Saint Lucia, to acquire prestigious real estate in the heart of Paris.
The alert was raised by French financial control bodies and the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF), following information on suspicious financial flows, according to Hespress. The (…)

Barely had he announced the opening of his restaurant in the Plan Cabanes neighborhood of Montpellier when a Muslim couple became the target of racist and Islamophobic insults.
The announcement of the opening of the restaurant "L’Océan fish", a seafood restaurant, sparked racist and Islamophobic comments on social media due to the image posted on Monday, April 7 on the Facebook page of the local media La Gazette de Montpellier. Taken inside the seafood restaurant, this image shows the (…)

The judicial police services in Casablanca arrested a 38-year-old French national this Thursday.
According to a security source, this man, who is also of Algerian origin, was the subject of a red notice issued by Interpol at the request of the French judicial authorities.
The arrest took place in Casablanca. Consulting the database of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) confirmed that the individual was wanted for the execution of a custodial sentence. This (…)

The Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau, who is also running for the presidency of the Les Républicains party, presented the guidelines of his immigration policy during a conference on Thursday. He stated that he wants a policy of "rupture" and announced several "upcoming projects" on this subject.
An immediate measure will concern access to French nationality: the minister stated that a circular would be sent "very soon" to the prefects to toughen the conditions. Recalling his (…)

Deprived of her right to attend the trial of her former partner, a victim of domestic violence has sued the State for administrative dysfunction before the Paris judicial court.
The woman asked the Paris judicial court on Wednesday to condemn the State for depriving her of attending this trial. Khadija believes that her "trial was stolen" from her. "When I filed a complaint, I had faith in justice. I wanted to see him in the dock, I wanted to hear the word ’convicted’. But they stole my (…)

In France, many foreigners in a regular situation risk finding themselves without papers due to abnormally long delays in renewing their residence permits.
In their annual activity report for 2024, the delegates of the Defender of Rights in Alsace mentioned the delays faced by foreigners who are requesting the renewal of their residence permits through the ANEF platform. They also noted a lack of staff, particularly in the prefecture of Haut-Rhin, which penalizes applicants for residence (…)

The dematerialization of residence permits in France, instead of being a panacea, represents an enormous difficulty for foreigners. Ten associations have filed an appeal before the Council of State for "faulty negligence" and order the State to apply the law on the Digital Administration of Foreigners in France (ANEF).
Fédération des acteurs de la solidarité (FAS), Aurore, Coallia, Emmaüs Solidarité, Forum Réfugiés, France terre d’asile, JRS France (Jesuit Refugee Service), Cimade, Groupe (…)