Morocco Allows Return of Residents Stranded in Spain Amid Border Closure

The Itran association has addressed a letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the EU and Cooperation, Arancha González Laya, to request assistance in repatriating Moroccans residing in Spain, blocked in their country of origin due to the closure of borders. Itran indicates that the government of Rabat affirms that nothing prevents Moroccans from leaving. It is up to the countries of residence to ensure their repatriation, reports Europa Press.

Mohamed Alami Susi, president of Itran, specified in his letter that these are people separated from their families, without money, without medication, and women in critical health condition. He denounced the blocking of Moroccans during the reopening of the border posts of Ceuta and Melilla. Meanwhile, 9,500 Spaniards have been allowed to return.

Only one flight left Morocco for Spain since the borders were closed. An operation that allowed the repatriation of 150 Spaniards. Unfortunately, the Moroccans were not able to leave that day because the kingdom prohibited Moroccans from boarding this flight, explained Spanish diplomatic sources.

The Unified Socialist Party (PSU) came to the rescue of Moroccans residing in Spain. It was Nabila Mounib, the party’s secretary general, who was behind the mediation, as Alami Susi specified in his letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the EU and Cooperation, Arancha González Laya. She spoke with Nasser Bourita, the Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs, about the repatriation of Moroccan residents.

Nabila Mounib explained to Nasser Bourita that the repatriation of nationals and residents of Switzerland, the United States, and England has never posed a problem. She advised the Itran Association to inform the Spanish authorities that the kingdom authorizes departures for professional, health and family reasons. She did not fail to reassure that work is being done so that the countries of residence fully take charge of sending planes for repatriation.