Transavia has announced that all its flights to or from France are canceled until June 25 inclusive. Implicitly, the French low-cost airline will not operate flights to Morocco at least until the end of June.
While the criminal chamber of Benslimane has investigated the case opposing a young shepherd to the Frenchman who rushed into a flock of sheep on the David beach near Bouznika, the defense of the accused has requested a change of jurisdiction. It asks that a local court take over the case.
In prison for six months, the boxer Karim Yahiaoui, 36, surprised the judges during his hearing. In videoconference from the remand center, the Montpellier resident bursts into tears and begs for his release.
Suzanne and Gérard, one of the couples from Charente-Maritime, stranded in Morocco for more than two months, were lucky enough to board a boat on Tuesday, May 12, to return to France. In total, five thousand motorhomes are still stuck in the kingdom.
In a written question, the president of the "La France insoumise" group in the National Assembly, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, questions the government on the measures it intends to take to plan and organize the return of all French or foreign residents in France to their homes.
While young people from Épinay-sous-Sénart claim to have received numerous fines for non-compliance with the confinement established without checks, the municipality assures that these fines would be related to drug trafficking.
Airlines are exempt from complying with social distancing on planes. The announcement was made by Jean-Baptiste Djebbari, French Secretary of State for Transport.
With more than 26,000 deaths and 140,000 cases detected to date, the coronavirus pandemic has shown that the French health system, whose strength and quality have been praised by the media, especially North African, also has its limits. Compared to Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria, France has suffered a massacre in terms of people infected and killed by the coronavirus.
The municipal councilor of Taoujtat, in the Meknès region, has just tasted the anguish experienced by illegal migrants, by taking a boat to cross over to Morocco. He was arrested and returned to the hotel where he is staying.
Air France announced on Sunday, May 10, the end of its "special and capped fares" used for the repatriation operations of French and dual nationals stranded abroad due to covid-19.
With the end of the lockdown on Monday, May 11, 2020, France has taken several measures regarding applications for residence documents and asylum.
The French Ministry of National Education published on May 4 the protocols for the gradual reopening of schools and educational institutions for students. It is in this context that on the Eduscol website, the ministry has made available to students several thematic sheets that "specify the role of different bodies, highlight the points of vigilance to be paid to certain situations and the importance to be given to the words of the students".