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• Moroccan Immigrants in Murcia: From Farm Work to University Degrees
  23 July 2023, by Prince

  Several migrants of Moroccan origin settled in the Murcia region in the 1980s and their children are now fighting to obtain their university degrees and have a better life. Testimonies.
  The phenomenon of immigration induces more profound socio-economic changes in Murcia than in the rest of Spain. This is what the editor-in-chief of Onda Regional de Murcia, Paulino Ros, reveals in the documentary on the life of Moroccans living in the Murcia region, produced as part of his Master’s degree (…)

• Morocco Opens New Consulate in Murcia, Spain to Serve Local Community
  3 November 2019, by Bladi.net

  Long demanded by Moroccans residing in the Murcia region, the opening of the Moroccan consulate was officially announced this week.
  Until now, Moroccans from the entire region had to go all the way to Valencia, more than 220 km away, to obtain identity documents or to solve certain administrative problems, causing a lot of expenses in the process.
  The Consulate of Murcia will issue Moroccans residing in the region with documents such as Moroccan national identity cards, passports or (…)

• Moroccan Man Arrested in Spain for Sexual Assault and Labor Exploitation of Compatriot
  17 February 2021, by Prince

  The police in Murcia have arrested a 39-year-old Moroccan man, accused of sexually assaulting and exploiting a Moroccan woman for about two and a half years.
  Following the victim’s complaint, agents from the Provincial Immigration and Documentation Brigade (UCRIF) of Murcia opened an investigation that led, on February 9, to the arrest of the Moroccan who will be prosecuted for the crimes of sexual assault, labor exploitation, attack on moral integrity, and for injuries and threats.
  The (…)

• Moroccan Man Fatally Shot in Spanish Bar Dispute; Suspect Arrested
  15 June 2021, by Sylvanus

  In Murcia, a 39-year-old Moroccan received three bullets in the chest on Sunday, June 13 and succumbed to his injuries the next day. The alleged murderer was arrested and then taken into custody.
  The events took place in the evening of last Sunday in a bar-café on the Plaza del Muelle next to the new marina of Puerto de Mazarrón. According to witnesses, a dispute had broken out between two individuals. A dispute that quickly turned into tragedy. One shot three bullets into the other’s (…)

• Air Arabia Launches New Route Connecting Murcia and Oujda with Airbus A320
  19 June 2021, by Prince

  The airline Air Arabia will use an Airbus 320 with a capacity of 174 passengers to serve Oujda from Murcia. The inaugural flight was made on Friday, June 18, with flight MAC387 landing in Murcia from Oujda airport.
  On board the aircraft for this first flight were Mariano Menor, the general manager of AIRM, accompanied by Khalid Chakrane Bachtiri, the regional director of Air Arabia for Spain, France and Portugal, and Lukas Krejcik, the commercial director of Air Arabia in Spain.

• Moroccan Victim of Racist Attack in Spain Laid to Rest in Béni Mellal
  21 June 2021, by Prince

  Younes Bilal, the young Moroccan victim of a racist crime in Mazarrón (Murcia), was buried on Sunday in Morocco.
  The coffin containing the body of Younes Bilal arrived in Béni Mellal in the afternoon on Sunday, after being transferred from Spain via the port of Nador. The repatriation of the body, as well as the funeral of the 39-year-old man, were fully taken care of by the Moroccan government.
  To read: Moroccan Man Shot Dead in Spain in Suspected Racist Attack
  The burial, which was (…)

• Morocco U20 Squad Secures 1-0 Victory Over Chile in Spanish Tournament
  28 September 2022, by Ginette

  Like their elders on the national team, the Moroccan under-20 players beat Chile (1-0) in the international tournament of Costa Galida organized in the Murcia region of Spain.
  The only goal of this last outing for the Moroccan players was scored in the first half by Reda Ergouai. Unable to increase the score, the Young Lions fought hard to maintain this advantage until the end of the match.
  During this international under-20 tournament, the Moroccan national team had beaten Australia (…)

• Tragic Van Crash in Spain Kills 3, Injures 7 Moroccan Workers
  23 October 2022, by Prince

  A serious traffic accident occurred on Friday in Murcia, killing at least 3 people and injuring 7, mostly Moroccan workers.
  The accident occurred on Friday in the Caravaca de La Almudena neighborhood in Murcia. A van transporting workers who had finished their workday fell into a ravine. The causes of the accident are still unknown, reports COPE.
  Alerted by passers-by, the Civil Guard dispatched agents to the scene, accompanied by firefighters from the Murcia region, two mobile (…)

• Moroccan Runner Hicham Boufars Clinches Victory in Murcia Marathon
  5 February 2023, by Prince

  Moroccan athlete Hicham Boufars won the Murcia marathon this Sunday with a time of 2:15.35.
  The Moroccan covered the 42 kilometers and crossed the finish line in first position with a time of 2:15.35, ahead of the Kenyan Dominick Kipkirui who finished second.
  On the women’s side, María Mercedes Pila, of Ecuadorian origin, won with a time of 2:48.56, closely followed by Verónica Sánchez, second with a time of 2:50.32.

• Spain Protests Surge After Racist Murder of Moroccan Youth in Murcia
  24 June 2021, by Prince

  The Stop Racism platform in the Murcia region will organize protest movements this weekend against the exacerbation of racist and xenophobic crimes and acts in Spain. The demonstrations will take place in Murcia and Cartagena.
  The Stop Racism Platform has initiated these demonstrations to say no "to racism, fascism and xenophobia," after the murder of the young Moroccan Younes Bilal, coldly shot by a former soldier on Sunday, June 13 in Mazarrón (Murcia).
  To read: Moroccan Community (…)