Morocco Sets Up Support Centers for Nationals Stranded in France Amid Travel Ban

The day after Morocco’s decision to suspend, in consultation with the French authorities, air, sea and land links with France, this unit was set up at the embassy and in the general consulates. In this regard, a telephone number (01 45 20 69 35) has been made available to Moroccans Residing Abroad to contact the services concerned at the embassy, as well as a consular call center (0801 840 002).

In addition, more than a dozen telephone numbers have also been activated at the various Moroccan consulates in France: Paris (01 56 56 72 01 / 01 56 56 72 00), Lyon (06 44 37 15 98), Rennes (06 27 42 91 42), Strasbourg (06 20 19 55 28), Orly (07 51 20 02 50), Toulouse (07 58 55 74 50 / 06 05 75 76 04), Montpellier (06 69 77 98 27), Orléans (06 71 37 05 00), Bordeaux (06 51 17 64 82 / 07 63 41 79 09), Pontoise (06 12 12 64 22), Marseille (06 48 91 53 83), Villemomble (06 63 46 74 81), Bastia (06 29 22 84 72), Colombes (06 08 40 19 35), Lille (06 28 58 21 91) and Dijon (06 58 98 42 10) for the same purpose.

In addition to these numbers, the embassy has also provided advice to Moroccan nationals, including postponing travel and travel between France and Morocco; avoid using any land transport to Morocco, knowing that the shipping lines are suspended; and approach airlines and travel agencies to inquire about any planned travel between the two countries (return, transit, change of itinerary, etc.).

Due to the new drastic measures taken by the French government to contain the spread of the Covid-19 epidemic, the embassy has called on this Sunday the general consulates of Morocco to adapt the reception hours from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. It also specified that they continue to provide emergency consular services. As for the consulates, they are asked to invite Moroccans to comply with the safety and health protection recommendations and indications recommended by the French authorities.