French Lawmakers Urge Resolution to Morocco Visa Crisis Amid Diplomatic Tensions

"This visa policy is doing a lot of harm since it affects the most Francophile and closest part of the Moroccan population to our country," regretted Salah Bourdi, the president of the Franco-Moroccan Friendship Circle (CED) during a visit by parliamentarians he organized in Rabat. He will assure that Moroccans speak of humiliation. Essonne (Île-de-France) senator Eugène Delacroix, a member of the delegation of parliamentarians, has in turn called for finding "ways out" of the visa crisis "that are acceptable to all".

France had decided at the end of September 2021 to reduce by 50% the granting of visas for Moroccans and Algerians and by 30% for Tunisians, on the grounds that these three countries refuse to issue consular laissez-passer necessary for the return of their nationals expelled from France. Reacting to this decision, Morocco had denounced a "unjustified" measure. According to Michel Dagbert, senator of the Pas-de-le French territory (OQTF).