The flow of MREs welcomed at the port of Tanger Med , as part of the Marhaba operation, increased this year by 10% compared to the 2019 edition. Until August 1st, about 530,436 passengers and 136,263 vehicles transited through this port.
Inflation in Morocco is even affecting car rentals . This summer, rates have skyrocketed, angering citizens and MREs. Several reasons explain this situation according to professionals.
As part of the planning of the return of Moroccans living abroad who came on vacation to Morocco, provisions have been put in place to cope with the intensity of traffic.
The flow of Moroccans from Europe has increased by 30% this year in Malaga compared to 2019, the last year the Marhaba Operation was held.
In the first half of the year, remittances from Moroccans residing abroad (MREs) reached more than 47.04 billion dirhams compared to 44.33 billion during the same period last year.
The port of Tanger Med has taken new measures to better cope with the traffic flow during the months of August and September.
In order to simplify the lives of Moroccans residing abroad (MRE) during their stay in Morocco, the Urban Agency of Berrechid-Benslimane has adopted a one-stop shop dedicated to these users.
The Moroccan Abd al-Rahman al-Maghrebi could be the successor to Ayman al-Zawahiri, the leader of Al-Qaeda killed in a US air strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, on the night of Saturday to Sunday, July 31.
"About 50,000 Moroccan expatriates and 14,000 vehicles" crossed the Tarajal border in both directions between Friday and Sunday, with waiting times of up to four hours maximum, according to the government delegation in Sebta.
The ports of Algeciras and Tarifa (Cadiz), which absorb most of the traffic of the Marhaba Operation, have managed, not without difficulty, to handle the significant flow of Moroccan expatriates recorded last weekend when the outward phase ended and the return phase began.
As of the end of June 2022, Moroccans living abroad Moroccans residing abroad transferred 2.7 billion dirhams more than the same period in 2021, an increase of 6%.
Transfers from Moroccans residing abroad (MRE) in 2021 increased by 37.5% compared to 2020, according to the annual report on the economic, monetary and financial situation of Bank Al-Maghrib (BAM).