
Spain Extends Residence Permits for Immigrants by 6 Months Amid COVID-19 Crisis
The Spanish government decided last Wednesday to extend the stay of foreigners whose permit has expired during the state of health emergency by six months.

The Spanish government decided last Wednesday to extend the stay of foreigners whose permit has expired during the state of health emergency by six months.

After several weeks of waiting, Spanish nationals stranded in Morocco will be able to return home starting Friday, May 22. This return will be by sea.

The repatriation of Moroccans stranded in Ceuta and Melilla due to the closure of borders, decided jointly between Morocco and Spain, is suffering from a disagreement over the number of eligible candidates. As a result, the operation has been suspended.

The relationship between Kings Mohammed VI and Felipe VI is very warm. Together, they have been managing several files concerning Morocco and Spain in recent weeks through telephone calls.

Confined to a motorhome area in Taroudant, Morocco since March 20, Monique and Michel Hovart express concerns about the heat, insecurity and their repatriation. The couple plans to board a ship to reach Charente-Maritime via Spain, which has been difficult so far due to the repeated cancellation of their reservation tickets.

In full confinement in Tafraout, in Morocco , Béatrice and Eric Schnell, two residents of Wettolsheim, reassure their families and friends about their living conditions. This French camping-car couple is waiting for the borders between Morocco and Spain to open to return to France by boat.

A joint operation carried out by the Spanish Guardia Civil and the Moroccan intelligence service, in collaboration with the FBI, led to the arrest on Friday, May 8 in Barcelona, of a suspected Moroccan terrorist. The defendant was targeting the Real-Barça Clasico, according to sources close to the Spanish Guardia Civil.

The Spanish Embassy in Morocco announced that a new wave of repatriation of Spanish nationals stranded in the kingdom due to the closure of borders and air traffic will take place on May 22.

MREs and other people coming from abroad will be subject to a mandatory 14-day quarantine starting Friday, May 15.

Blocked in Morocco for nearly two months, Moroccans in Spain are tired of waiting. Faced with the damage suffered, a Spanish association defending the rights of Moroccans residing abroad intends to take legal action against the Moroccan and Spanish governments.

The Moroccan international, Zouhair Feddal, is on Liverpool’s radar. The reigning European champions and Premier League leaders want to recruit him into their squad.

A Moroccan seasonal worker in the Spanish strawberry fields was the victim of a sexual assault last Thursday by the director of a fruit and vegetable company in the town of Lucena del Puerto in Huelva.