The real reasons why the administration refused French nationality to singer Gims are now known. He is notably reproached for "his inability to establish the center of his material interests in France" because he resides a good part of the year in Marrakech (Morocco).
The town hall of Orly looks askance at the opening of a new halal butcher’s shop - whose manager refuses to sell pork - in place of the Pasquier charcuterie and threatens to initiate legal proceedings, for non-compliance with the lease clauses.
Eric Le Dissès, mayor of Marignane, refuses to make classrooms available in two schools in his town for Arabic lessons, following a request from parents. The latter relied on a system dating back to the 1970s-1980s, recently rearranged, which allows requesting courses given during the extracurricular time of the children, within the establishments, from the CE1 level.
The 2022 presidential candidate, Eric Zemmour, assures that he would not change Islam in France. However, he is committed to ensuring that Muslims respect the country.
For the whole of 2021, the French consulates in Morocco issued 69,408 visas to Moroccan nationals, a figure down 29.6% compared to 2020.
Stella, the daughter of Christiane F., the 79-year-old French retiree killed in a market in the town of Tiznit near Agadir on January 15, expresses her gratitude to the Moroccan government, which "has done everything to come to the aid" of her family.
Targeted by the prefecture for incitement to extremism and terrorism, leading to the closure of the Grand Mosque of Beauvais for six months, Imam Islem Eddy Lecocq has decided to fight back, announcing that he will file a complaint for slanderous denunciation.
Customs agents at the Montauban (Tarn-et-Garonne) toll booth intercepted a go-fast transporting nearly 400 kilos of cannabis resin from Morocco last weekend. A 23-year-old man, known to the justice system, was also arrested and presented before the judge after spending four days in custody.
Moroccans constitute the first student community in France, amounting to 43,000, or 20% of the total foreign workforce enrolled in the country.
Following the extension of the suspension of all passenger flights to and from Morocco until January 31, 2022, 300 Moroccan seasonal agricultural workers find themselves stranded in Corsica even though their contract ended at the end of December 2021. The steps taken by the Haute-Corse prefecture to ensure their return home have so far been unsuccessful.
Morocco is among the top 5 best countries to retire for French retirees. This is the result of the ranking of a specialized website.
The French Embassy in Morocco announces that a new ferry connecting Tanger Med to Marseille has been chartered, to allow French citizens, European citizens and permanent residents in France, traveling in a vehicle registered in Europe, to return home. The boat will set sail on January 24.