Moroccans living abroad who returned by boat to Morocco as part of the Marhaba operation from June 15 to September 30, 2021, will be partially reimbursed in accordance with royal instructions. The reimbursement procedures have been launched on the dedicated platform.
From August 9 to August 13, the Agency Urbaine de Rabat-Salé (AURS) is organizing open house days for the benefit of Moroccans residing abroad.
Passenger traffic at the port of Almería fell by 97% between July 2019 and July 2020 due to Morocco’s cancellation of the Marhaba Operation for these two consecutive years. As of the end of July 2021, it stood at 36.5%.
At the Orsetti maritime station, the waiting conditions for vacationers who will have to reach Morocco after the arrival of a ferry are difficult. They are torn between surprise and anger.
Moroccans residing abroad (MREs) who return to Morocco by sea as part of the Marhaba Operation are now informed of the conditions and procedures for the payment of the amounts corresponding to the partial reimbursement of the crossing tickets. The Ministry of Equipment, Transport, Logistics and Water and the Ministry of Economy, Finance and Administration Reform have just published a joint order.
Many Moroccans residing abroad (MREs) have been blocked for several days in the parking lot of the Orsetti maritime port (Sète) due to the cancellation of their ticket. The Moroccan company Intershipping, which has opened a third maritime line between Sète and Tangier, is facing very high demand.
We know a little more about the conditions and procedures for the payment of the maritime transport allowance intended for Moroccans Residing Abroad (MREs), who come on vacation as part of the Marhaba Operation . The Ministry of Equipment and Transport and the Ministry of Finance have jointly published in the latest official bulletin, a decree on the allowances.
Portugal has provided explanations regarding the delay in launching the Portimão-Tanger Med maritime line, initially scheduled for early July. Morocco has associated the French, Portuguese and Italian ports with the Marhaba 2021 operation to the detriment of Spain , its traditional partner.
Morocco has excluded Spanish ports from the Marhaba Operation for the second consecutive year. With this situation, the A-1 motorway, which is one of the most used by Moroccans residing abroad (MREs) to reach Morocco through the border of the Basque Country (Bilatu) and Catalonia (La Junquera), is desperately empty.
Portugal justifies the cancellation of the maritime line Tangier -Portimão by the imposition of a curfew in the city. But this cancellation is also explained by the pressure that Spain has exerted on the country, Morocco having excluded it from the Marhaba 2021 operation.
Two night ferry ships with a capacity of 2,000 passengers and 500 cars each have just been chartered under an agreement with the Tanger Med Port Authority. This will facilitate the return of Moroccans residing abroad (MREs) to Morocco, as King Mohammed VI had wished .
Moroccans will not go to Spain this year. The some 20% of Moroccans who usually spend their summer vacations in this country have decided to boycott this destination, resulting in an estimated loss of more than 3 billion dirhams for the Spanish tourism industry.