
Morocco Repatriated Over 4,000 Deceased Expatriates During COVID Border Closures
The repatriation of the remains of Moroccans who died abroad has been the subject of a parliamentary question to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita.

The repatriation of the remains of Moroccans who died abroad has been the subject of a parliamentary question to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita.

The Court of First Instance of Moguer (Huelva) has finally authorized the repatriation to Morocco of the body of Taofik Belassal, the Moroccan seasonal worker who died on December 14, 2019 in a fire that broke out in a shantytown in Huelva.

The Muslim community of Lleida will repatriate the body of Mohamed Ezzeraiga, the 43-year-old Moroccan taxi driver stabbed to death on Sunday, to Morocco in the coming days.

The body of a woman was repatriated to Morocco instead of that of a Moroccan who died in Terrassa (Barcelona), due to a logistical error at Barcelona-El Prat airport.

The resumption of relations between Spain and Morocco will facilitate the rapid return of migrants who arrived in the Canary Islands. In addition to the weekly flight to Laâyoune that transports about 80 migrants to Morocco, two other flights to Casablanca and Agadir will be organized.

Among the 10,912 people detained in prisons in Belgium, there are 4,716 foreign prisoners, including 872 Moroccans. The opposition party N-VA wants Justice Minister Vincent Van Quickenborne to sign new extradition treaties with North African countries in order to expel foreign criminals.

Spain is resuming flights to repatriate Moroccan migrants who arrived by boat in the Canary Islands, suspended for nearly a year. The first flight will leave Gran Canaria airport for Laâyoune with about twenty migrants on Tuesday.

Two weeks after the military invasion of Ukraine by Russia, Morocco has managed to repatriate more than 9,000 Moroccan citizens. From the first threats, the Moroccan embassy in Ukraine called on Moroccan nationals to leave the country.

The Moroccan Ambassador to Ukraine, Faouz El Achabi, stated that 35 students who were blocked in Sumy were able to be evacuated on Tuesday, in coordination with the authorities of the country.

The airline Royal Air Maroc will schedule new special flights for Moroccans residing in Ukraine wishing to return to Morocco.

Moroccan students repatriated from Ukraine, following the Russian invasion, have the possibility of joining Moroccan universities. The announcement was made by the Ministry of Higher Education.

By refusing for years to repatriate French children in danger in Syrian camps, France is violating their right to life and their right not to be subjected to inhuman and degrading treatment, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child said on Thursday.