Remittances to Morocco Hit Record High of 117.7 Billion Dirhams in 2024
3 February 2025
The year 2024 was prosperous for money transfers from Moroccans residing abroad (MRE), according to the latest figures published by the Office des Changes.
Moroccan Living Abroad
Morocco Sets Currency Import Rules for Expatriates Returning Home
3 February 2025
For Moroccans residing abroad (MRE), the import of currency into Morocco requires certain essential formalities that must be known. Whether you are returning with currency in (…)
Racist Comments Flood Social Media After Moroccan Man’s Fatal Train Accident in Spain
1 February 2025
The dissemination of a video showing a 25-year-old Moroccan man being electrocuted on a high-speed train (AVE) wagon at the Lleida-Pyrenees station has sparked a wave of racism (…)
Morocco Faces Air Travel Challenges Ahead of 2030 World Cup
31 January 2025
In anticipation of the 2030 World Cup, Moroccan MPs have drawn the government’s attention to the lack of flights affecting certain tourist hubs in the kingdom, as well as the (…)
Moroccan Man Thwarts Child Abduction Attempt Near Bordeaux
31 January 2025
A 36-year-old Moroccan man helped prevent the kidnapping of a 7-year-old child in Bassens, Gironde. Salah Hydaoui was seated at the terrace of a café when he witnessed the (…)
EU Plans Crackdown on Moroccan Expat Money Transfers
30 January 2025
Faced with the continuous increase in fund transfers from Moroccans residing abroad (MREs) to Morocco, the European Union is preparing to issue a directive to reduce these (…)
Morocco’s Tourism Numbers Questioned as Opposition Claims Inflated Figures
29 January 2025
Opposition MPs attacked the government on Monday in parliament, accusing it in particular of having taken into account 50% of Moroccans residing abroad (MREs) in the 17.4 (…)
Family Seeks Justice for 20-Year-Old Moroccan Man Killed in Brussels Attack
29 January 2025
Victim of a violent attack in the back of a cafe in Saint-Gilles in July 2023, Amine El Aamri, 20, succumbed to his injuries. After nearly two years of investigation, justice (…)
Moroccan Slaughterhouse Managers Face Trial for Alleged Migrant Exploitation
28 January 2025
Prosecuted before the Bruges criminal court for having exploited migrants, two Moroccans, managers of chicken slaughterhouses in Kortrijk and Ingelmunster, deny the facts, (…)
Storm Herminia Disrupts Ferry Services Between Spain and Morocco
27 January 2025
Due to Storm Herminia in the Campo de Gibraltar, almost all connections to Tangier from the port of Tarifa have been canceled this Monday. The ferry scheduled to reach the (…)