Police from the General Directorate of Internal Security (DGSI) arrested a 19-year-old neo-Nazi at his home in the Le Havre metropolitan area (Seine-Maritime). An admirer of Adolf Hitler, he was planning an attack on a mosque in Le Havre and his former high school on the anniversary of the former German leader’s birth on April 20.
France’s decision to reduce by 50% the granting of visas for Moroccans and Algerians and by 30% for Tunisians is explained by the tensions between Paris and Algiers.
Calls to boycott French products have been launched in Morocco following France’s decision to reduce by 50% the granting of visas for Moroccans and the decision of the European Court of Justice to cancel two free trade agreements on agricultural products and fisheries between the kingdom and the EU.
During a reception organized at the Élysée on Thursday, September 30, French President Emmanuel Macron revealed the real reasons for tightening the granting of visas for Moroccans , Algerians and Tunisians.
Arnaud Montebourg, a candidate in the 2022 French presidential election, is marrying his Moroccan-born partner, Amina Walter, this Saturday, October 2, 2021.
After multiple refusals of his request for regularization, Ahmed, a Moroccan threatened with expulsion, found himself hospitalized at the Besançon University Hospital on Thursday, September 30, after a fainting spell. At the origin, a hunger strike that he and his wife have been observing for a few days, in order to obtain an appointment with the Préfecture of Doubs. Since January, he has been under an obligation to leave French territory (OQTF) for having entered France without a visa.
While he was on tour across France for his sixth one-man show titled "D’ailleurs", the Franco-Moroccan comedian, Gad Elmaleh, had to cancel several shows due to a "minor health problem."
The schools in the French educational network in Morocco have decided, on the instructions of the Ministry of National Education, to proceed with the school year scheduled for this October 1st, in person.
Marlène Schiappa, French Minister Delegate for Citizenship, tried to justify the decision taken by the French government to halve the granting of visas issued for Algeria and Morocco and reduce by 30% those for Tunisia.
The decision by France to reduce by 50% the granting of visas for Moroccans and Algerians and by 30% for Tunisians is provoking a reaction from the Moroccan branch of the National Office of French Abroad. It denounces this project and calls for its outright withdrawal.
France is now taking a firm stance towards Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, which do not allow the return of their expelled nationals. Minister Gérald Darmanin affirms that as long as these countries do not take back their compatriots, "we do not accept them". On Tuesday, Paris decided to reduce visa issuance by 50% for Moroccans and Algerians and by 30% for Tunisians.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Moroccans Residing Abroad, Nasser Bourita , reacted to France’s decision to tighten the granting of visas for Moroccans. He denounces a "unjustified" decision.