Morocco Repatriates 300 Citizens Stranded in Turkey Amid COVID-19 Crisis

The Moroccan government will proceed, this Tuesday, June 16, to the repatriation of 300 compatriots stranded on Turkish territory due to the coronavirus pandemic. Royal Air Maroc (RAM) will provide these various shuttles.

Three flights are also planned to carry out this operation. Each plane will carry about a hundred passengers and this in the context of respecting health safety. According to Hespress, the planes taking off from Casablanca to Istanbul should land their passengers at Tétouan’s Saniat Rmal airport on Tuesday afternoon. They will then be directed to the tourist centers and facilities on the coast between Tétouan and Fnideq, "Tamouda Bay" for their quarantine for 9 days before returning to their homes and families.

For the record, nearly 300 Moroccans were repatriated yesterday, Monday, June 16 from Spain from Barcelona to Oujda Angad airport. It should be extended to other European countries to repatriate all Moroccans stranded abroad for nearly three months, due to the covid-19 pandemic.