Morocco has just taken a step toward a new compensation system for ferry passengers. Mandatory insurance, strengthened liability and better coverage for cars and luggage are planned in the event of a maritime accident.
A Moroccan man saw his naturalization application postponed for three years because of two old cases, one of which dated back fifteen years. No new offense had been attributed to him since then. The courts have just annulled the Interior Ministry’s decision.
Hundreds of passengers traveling to Nador waited for several hours in scorching heat at the port of Sète, before learning that part of their GNV ferry’s air conditioning was out of order . To leave anyway, some say they had to sign a waiver.
Morocco is among the clients highlighted in the new review of French arms exports. In 2025, France secured €21.2 billion in orders, including H225M Caracal helicopters purchased by the Kingdom.
Having entered France in 2019 with a short-stay Schengen visa, a Moroccan man has worked for the same company since 2020. Despite becoming deputy director, he was met with silence from the prefecture regarding his application for legal status. The courts have now ordered that he be issued a residence permit.
A Moroccan woman, married to a French citizen and the mother of two French children, found herself caught between the Digital Administration for Foreigners in France (ANEF) and the prefecture while trying to renew her residence permit. The courts have just suspended the refusal and ordered the administration to register her application, subject to a €100-per-day penalty.
easyJet’s cabin crew in France are denouncing schedules changed at the last minute and mandatory assignments to foreign bases . Among the examples cited by the unions: Marrakech, where the airline set up operations in the spring.
France rejected around 40% of applications from Moroccan seasonal workers in 2024. The figure was provided by Paris and cited in a recent European Commission report on seasonal work in the Union.
EasyJet made Marrakech its first base in Africa and created around a hundred jobs there. But a few months after its opening, French unions claim that its launch relied heavily on flight attendants and stewards brought in from France.
Two heirs living in Morocco risked losing all rights to 68,195 euros in rent collected from an estate in France. The Court of Cassation has now overturned the penalty and definitively ruled in their favor.
Two Franco-Moroccans were arrested after the death of a Moroccan expatriate in Saïdia following a violent altercation. The suspects were reportedly intercepted as they attempted to leave Morocco. Two other people are still being sought.
A Moroccan man legally settled in France wanted to benefit from family reunification for his wife, who was also already lawfully present in the country. The prefecture refused for one reason only: their marriage had been celebrated in Morocco . The courts have now ruled against it.