As of July 1st last year, there were some 771,683 Moroccans legally established in Spain. This figure is up 1.4% (+10,968 people) compared to January 1st of the same year, according to the National Institute of Statistics (INE).
A young Guinean found himself in prison in Morocco for migrant trafficking, while he had tried immigration with Mauritanians. His family and the Moroccan Association for Human Rights are calling on Guinea to intervene so that he can regain his freedom.
In Brussels, a violent fight broke out on Saturday, January 23, between local youths and migrants. The report indicates several injured.
An Algerian woman living illegally in Morocco for more than twenty years is moving the web in a statement addressed to the authorities of her country. In a video, this single mother over 50 years old, with tears in her eyes, begs the Algerian authorities to issue the necessary documents to allow her son to go to Algeria.
Moroccans who intend to emigrate to other skies represent 23.3% of the non-migrant Moroccan population. This is revealed by the national survey on international migration carried out by the High Commission for Planning (HCP).
Given the importance of learning the Arabic language for better integration of migrants in Morocco, an awareness campaign called "Taalem Dajira" (Learn Arabic) will be launched on the occasion of International Migrants Day, this December 18. The campaign is initiated by the "Papiers pour tous" collective.
As part of International Migrants Day celebrated on December 18, the Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME) is organizing a series of talk shows for Moroccans living abroad from December 17 to 21.
A collective of associations and unions filed appeals before the administrative courts of Ile-de-France on Thursday, in order to be able to file their applications for residence permits. By dematerializing the appointment scheduling process online only, the authorities have "virtually closed the doors to exceptional admission to residence," these associations believe.
The European Parliament and the Council of the EU have welcomed the European Commission’s proposal to revise and modernize the Visa Information System (VIS). The two bodies reached a provisional agreement on Tuesday.
The head of the Spanish Executive is expected in Morocco on December 17th. This upcoming visit by Pedro Sanchez could give a good boost to Moroccan-Spanish relations.
France no longer issues visas to foreigners concerned by family reunification. Annoyed by the situation, families have taken legal action and are beginning to obtain satisfaction.
Rachida Dati , mayor of the 7th arrondissement, reacted to the violent evacuation of migrants that occurred on Monday night into Tuesday in Paris. She accuses her of having "allowed these migrant camps to be set up."