Moroccan Living Abroad

He Refuses to Return to Morocco, and the Court Refuses to Release Him

19 August 2026

Held in detention in the Netherlands since 18 May, a man requested his release even though his expulsion to Morocco has still not been arranged. His refusal to cooperate with (…)

EES: Moroccan passports can complicate Franco-Moroccans’ return to Europe

19 August 2026

With the EES now fully deployed at the borders of the Schengen area, a Franco-Moroccan who presents only their Moroccan passport may be checked as a third-country national (…)

The prefecture forces him to report to the police station every day, but this Moroccan man gets the entire procedure annulled

19 August 2026

A Moroccan man subject to an OQTF had been placed under house arrest for 45 days, with the obligation to report to the police station every day of the week. The court has just (…)

Moroccans Abroad Have Ten Times More Impact on the Economy Than the Algerian Diaspora

19 August 2026

Personal remittances received from abroad account for 7.5% of Morocco’s GDP, compared with just 0.7% in Algeria. Relative to the size of the two economies, their weight is (…)

Images of Roberto Carlos’s wedding to a Moroccan-born businesswoman go viral

19 August 2026

Images of Roberto Carlos celebrating his wedding to Suhaila Ettahiri, a Spanish businesswoman of Moroccan origin, are circulating widely on social media. The ceremony shown in (…)

Her ten-year residence card is granted, but the prefecture refuses to give it to her before her trip to Morocco

18 August 2026

A Moroccan woman had obtained the renewal of her ten-year residence card and received a message inviting her to come and collect it. Her son then organized a family trip to (…)

TUI considers reducing its aircraft in Belgium, with nine Moroccan cities served

18 August 2026

TUI is considering reducing the number of aircraft based in Belgium in response to the increasing burden of aviation taxes. The threat concerns an important market for Moroccan (…)

France refuses to exchange her Moroccan licence: her 214 days in Morocco overturn the decision

17 August 2026

A French-Moroccan woman was refused the exchange of her Moroccan driving licence for a French licence. To prove that she was indeed living in Morocco when she obtained it, she (…)

MREs paid for their apartment in Marrakech… nine years later, they are still waiting for it

17 August 2026

Hundreds of families, including MREs, have been waiting for years for their apartment in the Al Ghali project in Marrakech. After sometimes substantial payments and a stalled (…)

For a month, his family has been searching for this MRE who disappeared in Tangier… but perhaps in the wrong place

17 August 2026

Nearly a month after his disappearance in Tangier, Ouadoud Rabbaj remains missing. His family is now considering a new possibility: the 22-year-old MRE may have been mistaken (…)