After six months of hardship, the Moroccans blocked in Melilla have returned to their families. The repatriation was given special care, in order to ensure the health safety of these citizens who have spent several months in extremely difficult conditions.
Spain will repatriate its nationals and residents from Morocco by ferry this Friday, October 9. Among them are many MREs.
The repatriation operation in Ceuta is not making everyone happy. A dozen Moroccans, blocked for 6 months, refuse to add their names to the list submitted by the authorities of the Spanish enclave.
Amina El Hboussi, a Moroccan, has been stranded in Ceuta for more than 7 months and has been the victim of the theft of her passport. The loss of this travel document shatters the dream of this 55-year-old woman who hoped to take advantage of the ongoing repatriation to join her disabled son in Morocco.
Spain wants to send hundreds of Moroccan children illegally present on its territory back to their country. Thus, Madrid is seizing all the judicial and consular Moroccan authorities to put an end to the phenomenon of migrant minors.
The Tarajal (Ceuta) crossing was exceptionally reopened on Wednesday morning to allow around a hundred Moroccan women to return to the kingdom. Other groups will follow in the coming days.
A significant security and health system has been put in place in Nador , to welcome the hundreds of Moroccans stranded in Melilla. A protocol agreement has just been signed between the prefecture of the city and the authorities of the Spanish enclave.
Emirates airlines plans two special flights on September 8 and 9 between Dubai and Casablanca, to help Moroccans stranded abroad return home.
Moroccan student Ismail Essiari, 24, endured the most difficult trials of life before his death in Orléans on May 12. His body will be repatriated to Morocco in the coming days.
Jean-Jacques and his wife returned to France thanks to the first repatriation flights chartered for tourists stranded in Morocco due to the coronavirus pandemic. More than five months after their return, the couple is demanding their vehicle, abandoned in a parking lot in Agadir.
The repatriation of Spaniards and Moroccans Residing Abroad (MREs) stranded in Morocco continues. The shipping company Baleària has scheduled two new crossings on August 28 and 29.
The family of a Moroccan student, Ismail Essiari, who died in a road accident last May, was only informed of the tragedy a few days ago. Devastated by this news and with limited financial means, the deceased’s relatives are demanding the repatriation of his body to his country of origin.