Thousands of Moroccans in good standing risk losing everything because of a simple computer screen. The inability to make an appointment at the prefecture directly threatens their jobs and their families, a situation that the Franco-Moroccan Association of Human Rights describes as a deliberate strategy based on lies.
A new report from the Defender of Rights reveals the extent of religious discrimination in France. While stigmatization is increasing, people of Muslim faith now have 19 times more risk of being victims than the rest of the population, even after neutralizing socio-economic factors.
France is strengthening its financial incentives to stem illegal crossings to England. Under pressure from London, the French authorities have decided to significantly increase the amount of voluntary return assistance, hoping to convince irregular migrants to return to their country of origin.
The Transavia flight from Biarritz to Marrakech was interrupted after only 30 minutes of travel. Following the sudden cracking of the cockpit windshield, the pilots were forced to make an emergency U-turn, disconcerting the fifty or so passengers on board.
The customs officers in Sète have seized a real archaeological treasure of contraband. During the inspection of a ferry from Morocco last Thursday, the agents intercepted around sixty rare fossils and protected species , hidden in a van to supply a lucrative trafficking.
Qualified Muslims are leaving France , but money is not their only motivation. Faced with a "racial ceiling" in the country, these graduates are seeking "existential relief" elsewhere. Sociologist Jaafar Alloul decodes this "status migration", where expatriation becomes the only way to match skills and social recognition.
The University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne has finally succumbed to budgetary constraints by ending the exemption from tuition fees. This vote imposes a drastic increase on Moroccan and non-EU students, whose tuition fees will be multiplied by ten from the next academic year.
Éric Zemmour had hoped to have his convictions overturned, but the highest French court has validated the criminal penalties imposed on him. The Court of Cassation on Tuesday, December 2 rejected the appeals of the president of Reconquête!, making two separate sentences for incitement to hatred and defamation final.
Weary of a political and media climate they consider hostile, many young active French Muslims are choosing to expatriate. Dubai, with its economic opportunities and religious tolerance, has emerged as a preferred destination for these qualified profiles in search of serenity and professional recognition.
The Moroccan singer Saad Lamjarred was due to appear this Monday before the Var Assize Court to answer charges of rape, but the hearing did not take place. The trial has been postponed for an indefinite period, for at least six months, due to health problems encountered by the president of the court.
Rachid hoped to regularize his situation in France through work , but his journey turned into a four-year ordeal. A report aired this Sunday evening in the "Sept à huit" program on TF1 exposed the daily life of this Moroccan baker settled in Eure-et-Loir, who ended up filing a complaint against his employer for human trafficking.
The Moroccan tomato is enjoying great success on the French market, but this commercial success is provoking the ire of local producers who are multiplying protest actions. Faced with these persistent blockages and the questioning of current customs agreements, the Moroccan sector is being invited to rethink its model to prioritize quality and the diversification of outlets.