Morocco’s King Aids Repatriation of 105 South Koreans Stranded by Pandemic

A total of 105 South Koreans were repatriated, at the request of the government, which sought the help of the Moroccan authorities for the success of this operation. They left Casablanca’s Mohammed V airport on Thursday and arrived Friday morning at Incheon International Airport. "King Mohammed VI of Morocco has decided to make a passenger plane available to them," said the South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs, noting that it was originally planned that the South Korean nationals "would be repatriated by a cargo plane that was to be sent to South Korea to transport medical equipment purchased by Morocco."

Among the 105 South Korean nationals are volunteers from the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA). "All passengers will be required to self-isolate for 14 days and be subject to special entry measures."

Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, South Korea has repatriated 4,200 of its nationals from 31 different countries. Earlier this week, nearly 500 South Koreans had been repatriated from Italy.