Moroccan Expat Remittances Surge 42.5% to 71.88 Billion Dirhams, Boosting Trade Balance
3 November 2021
At the end of last September, money transfers made by Moroccans living abroad (MRE) amounted to 71.88 billion dirhams.
Moroccan Living Abroad
Foundation Honors Slain Moroccan Couple at Site of 2002 Hate Crime in Brussels
31 October 2021
19 years after the murder of the Moroccan couple Habiba El-Hajji (45 years old) and Isnasni Ahmed (47 years old), their children have managed to make the building where they (…)
Moroccan LGBT Activist Fights for Minority Rights in Wales
31 October 2021
Abderrahim El Habachi, a 28-year-old Moroccan who had fled Morocco fearing persecution for his sexual orientation, is now advocating for LGBT and BAME (Black, Asian and (…)
Brussels Muslims Increasingly Choose Local Burials Over Repatriation
30 October 2021
More and more Brussels Muslims, especially of Moroccan origin, prefer to bury their loved ones far from the land of origin, despite the easing of health restrictions.
Morocco’s 2022 Budget Sparks Debate on Support for Overseas Citizens
30 October 2021
The Council of Government addressed the issue of Moroccans Residing Abroad (MREs). Before the members of the Finance Committee of the First Chamber, Fouzi Lekjaa, the Delegate (…)
Brussels Man Sentenced to 24 Years for Brutal Murder of Partner
29 October 2021
Black Thursday for Abdelkader Bouajaja, sentenced by the Brussels Assize Court to 24 years in prison, for the murder in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean on September 3, 2019, of Leïla (…)
Brussels Woman Murdered by Husband in Domestic Violence Tragedy, Marking 17th Femicide This Year
28 October 2021
On October 15, the residents of Zelik in Brussels were shocked by the horrific murder of Rachida, a 52-year-old woman of Moroccan origin who was about to leave her husband, (…)
Brussels Murder Trial: Ex-Wife Testifies About Suspect’s Character in Leïla Zahiri Case
28 October 2021
In September 2019, Abdelkader Baoujaja was accused of the murder of his partner Leïla Zahiri in Molenbeek Saint-Jean. Before the Brussels Assize Court on Monday, the sole (…)
Psychiatric Evaluation Deems Amiens Student’s Killer Unfit for Trial
27 October 2021
The psychiatric re-evaluation concluded in the "irresponsibility" of Mike Razafimahatratra, a young Reunionese student of Malagasy origin accused of having coldly murdered his (…)
Thousands March to Honor Teen Suicide Victim of School Bullying in Mulhouse, France
25 October 2021
More than a thousand people took part on Sunday, October 24, 2021 in a white march in memory of Dinah, a 14-year-old Moroccan girl, found hanged in her room in Kingersheim, in (…)