They are about sixty retirees stranded in North Africa for 50 days. Faced with intense and unbearable heat waves, as well as the lack of boats, these groups of French camper-van enthusiasts nicknamed "The forgotten of Morocco", aged 60 to 83, are pleading for their repatriation.
Travel and tourism multinational TUI France proposes to facilitate the rescheduling of trips for people who had booked a trip to Morocco.
The Rassemblement des musulmans de France (RMF), chaired by Anouar Kbibech, opposed the resumption of religious celebrations as early as May 24, on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, as proposed by the Grand Mosque of Paris if the June 2 schedule is not maintained.
The President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, affirmed on Tuesday, May 5, that "we will stay among Europeans" during the summer holidays. Consequently, French tourists will not go to Morocco .
While a dozen companies have signed a letter for the reopening of Orly airport, closed since March 31 due to covid-19, Royal Air Maroc has refrained from affixing its signature.
For more than a month, Christian and Bernadette Garroui have been waiting to return to Laval (in Mayenne). But it is almost impossible, given the preventive measures taken by the Moroccan authorities to fight against the coronavirus. It is a tradition for the couple to come and spend three months in Morocco every year.
A loan agreement of 100 million euros has been signed between the French Development Agency (AFD) and the kingdom to support the program to improve the performance of municipalities in Morocco.
The trial of the French national, accused of having massacred the sheep of a young shepherd in Mansouria, near Mohammedia, has been postponed to May 11.
The artist Gad Elmaleh is sick and hospitalized. The Franco-Moroccan would be affected by covid-19
By decision of the public prosecutor, Michel S., this Frenchman who savagely massacred the sheep of a shepherd at the David beach near Bouznika, was placed, on Tuesday, May 5, in pre-trial detention in the prison of Benslimane .
The Great Mosque of Paris expresses its "astonishment" and cries "discrimination" after the government announced on Monday, May 4, that it is ready to consider the date of May 29 instead of June 2 initially communicated. This change in schedule follows the reaction of the Catholic Church on the resumption of religious services.
Among the Moroccan women stranded in France due to the suspension of flights and confinement, there are pregnant women who have given birth to babies.