Spain Prepares Emergency Plan for Potential Moroccan Border Reopening
9 July 2020
The members of the steering committee of the Marhaba operation in Spain met by videoconference on Wednesday to establish an emergency plan.
Moroccan Living Abroad
Moroccan Border Workers Urge Reopening of Ceuta Crossing Amid Job Loss Fears
5 July 2020
The closure of the borders in Ceuta since mid-March has impacted the daily lives of Moroccan border workers. In an open letter to the Wali of Tetouan, they pleaded for the (…)
Morocco Evaluates ’Operation Marhaba’ Amid COVID-19 Concerns
5 July 2020
The Foreign Affairs Committee announces a meeting to discuss Operation Marhaba in light of the health crisis the world is going through and the precautions to be taken to (…)
Moroccan Travelers Stranded in Spanish Ports as Border Closure Continues
5 July 2020
The Marhaba 2020 operation, officially canceled, is caused by Moroccans arriving from France and other European countries with their vehicles and who are blocked in Ceuta, (…)
Protesters Demand Justice for Moroccan Teen’s Death in Spanish Custody
2 July 2020
A year after the death of Ilyas Tahiri, asphyxiated under the knee of a police officer, many people, members of civil society, trade unions and relatives of the young Moroccan, (…)
Tragic River Accident Claims Moroccan Teen in France; Family Seeks Burial Funds
2 July 2020
While Nordine, 18, was having fun jumping into the river from a rock, about six meters high, in the Gardon (Gard), this young Moroccan residing in the Champfleury district of (…)
Madrid Police Raid Frees 61 Migrants, Including Women and Children, from Trafficking Ring
30 June 2020
61 illegal immigrants were living in unsanitary conditions in basement warehouses in Madrid. Several Moroccan women and children were being held by a human trafficking and (…)
Algerian Party Leader Questioned After Moroccan Worker Found Dead in Home
29 June 2020
An Algerian diplomat, president of the party allied to the FLN, the Rally for Culture and Democracy, found himself in the middle of a suspicious case. The body of a Moroccan (…)
Morocco Halts Annual Diaspora Return Program Amid COVID-19 Concerns
27 June 2020
The epidemiological situation in Morocco is not yet reassuring. It compromises the return of Moroccans residing abroad (MREs) and deals a blow to the activities of tourism (…)
Survey: 64% of Young Moroccan Immigrants in Europe Face Discrimination
26 June 2020
The Moroccan Community Council Abroad (CCME) has sounded the alarm on the situation of young Moroccans in Europe. 64% of them say they are victims of discrimination in all its (…)