Having left Morocco between January and March to join Huelva in Spain to participate in the strawberry campaign, five pregnant women got stranded there due to the closure of borders because of the Covid-19 health crisis. Unable to return, they had to give birth on site.
The return of Moroccans stranded abroad continues in compliance with the health measures taken by the government. The kingdom has again repatriated, on Tuesday, 304 people from Turkey.
Three women from Antwerp and six of their children will be repatriated from Turkey to Belgium on Wednesday, July 1st. These women, along with foreign fighters, had left for Syria to join the Islamic State group.
The operation to repatriate Moroccans stranded in France continued on Friday, via flights operated by Royal Air Maroc (RAM) . All of this is taking place under the observation of a health and security protocol.
The repatriation of Moroccans stranded abroad continues according to the health measures defined by the authorities. Several flights are thus planned in the coming days.
Stranded in Morocco since mid-March, the motorhome owners are back in France. Another group of 400 motorhome owners set foot in Sète on Thursday morning after a few days of ferry travel.
Morocco stepped up this week in terms of repatriating Moroccans stranded abroad . However, only 8,000 cases will be taken care of by the State, according to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nacer Bourita.
The operation had been expected for several weeks. A first group of Moroccans stranded in Belgium was repatriated to Morocco on Tuesday. They landed at Agadir airport before being transferred to a hotel for quarantine.
Long blocked abroad, several hundred Moroccans abroad are about to return to the country. Flights are chartered from Dakar, Paris, Bordeaux, Brussels, Marseille and Rome to achieve this air bridge.
The Royal Air Maroc company has been continuing since Monday the repatriation of Moroccans stranded abroad due to the new coronavirus pandemic. At the height of the crisis, their number was estimated at more than 32,000.
The repatriation of Moroccans stranded abroad continues. To accelerate their return, the Minister of Foreign Affairs has scheduled around thirty flights during the period of June 21 to 27.
About a hundred Moroccans stranded in Turkey gathered on Saturday at Istanbul airport in the hope of being evacuated to Morocco. They protested against the choices made by the authorities, to the point of accusing officials of corruption and favoritism.