Long-Distance Couple Reunites After 5-Month COVID-19 Separation

The two young people have been together for a year and a half. They were living their idyll before the Covid-19 pandemic turned everything upside down. For five months, all of Cédric’s attempts to join Morocco have been in vain. The announcements of the French government, Sunday, August 9, however, give them a little hope, reports France Bleu.

Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, French Secretary of State to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, announced last week an exemption for couples separated by border closures due to the Covid-19 epidemic.

To benefit from this exemption, Cédric and Linda will have to prove a "lasting sentimental relationship" with evidence of cohabitation. To this end, they must also go to the consulate with the documents. After filing their files studied by a commission, a laissez-passer will be issued to them. This document should facilitate the travel of one of the spouses for the next reunion.

While waiting to find his sweetheart, Cédric is considering possible scenarios: "When we’re going to see each other, I think we’re going to cry. But there have already been so many false hopes that it’s hard to project ourselves with such positive things." But he remains quite cautious. "What’s also complicated is that they’re going to ask us for proof of cohabitation when in Morocco it’s forbidden to live together when you’re not married."

For the Breton, there is no prospect. "In Morocco, as in France, they are announcing the extension of border closures little by little, so I bought plane tickets in May, June, July. There again, two days ago, I had the cancellation of my tickets to Marrakech," he regrets. However, he believes that this ordeal is a "very big test for the future couple. "If we get through this, we can tell ourselves that we will go far," assures the Frenchman.