French Mother Stranded in Morocco Pleads for Repatriation Amid Travel Restrictions

"I have also been on the list of the Consulate of Casablanca for several weeks. But the French consulate has never contacted me, despite my follow-ups by email, phone calls and tweets. I also sent emails to the ambassador to Morocco, the consul and the vice-consul of Casablanca," Nadia Kamal told the newspaper Le Progrès. She claims to have also sent correspondence to the deputy of the Rhône, Hubert Julien Laferrière. According to her, he replied by asking her for "additional elements", but she says she has "received no response to date".

On Saturday, this woman who is French through her mother and Moroccan through her father, addresses journalists, as well as the mayor of Lyon, Gérard Collomb, in a last tweet. Nadia Kamal has a hard time understanding "the inaction of the French consular services in Morocco towards her situation. I have two children aged 12 and 16 in Lyon and the youngest was hospitalized at the end of April." Her wish, she will say, is to return to Lyon. "[...] I miss my children and they miss me a lot. It’s been 2 months..."