At the initiative of the International Alliance without Borders for Rights and Freedoms, Moroccans residing in the province of Tarragona (northern Spain) received food aid during this Ramadan month, which is particular due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The American FBI and the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST) of Morocco carried out a joint operation that led to the arrest of a Moroccan in Barcelona, a suspected member of the terrorist organization Daesh.
The Spanish government gave the green light on Saturday, May 2, for the resumption of the Spanish football league (La Liga), suspended due to the covid-19 pandemic. Spaniards, Moroccans and others will be able to watch their favorite championship again.
The Popular Parliamentary Group (PP) has proposed to set up an inter-ministerial commission that will be responsible for taking rather strong measures to improve the living conditions of the inhabitants of Ceuta and Melilla in the face of pressure from Morocco.
Several elderly Vosges couples are stuck in Morocco due to the very strict confinement and the cancellation of maritime links to Spain. Hubert Bergé has launched a petition so that the French government quickly organizes their repatriation.
Morocco, one of the confined countries that is preparing to approach the exit from confinement on May 20, could take inspiration from Spain, which on Tuesday, April 28, developed the roadmap for the gradual deconfinement of the country. The process, divided into four phases, started on Sunday, April 26, and will end in June.
The police are actively searching for an individual who posted intimate photos of high school and middle school girls from the Spanish mission on an anonymous Instagram account. The publication has angered them and their parents.
The emergency services of the Canary Islands archipelago announced the birth of a baby during the rescue operation of 35 migrants located in the Atlantic Ocean off the Spanish island of Fuerteventura. This is the second largest island of the Canaries, located about a hundred kilometers off the coast of Morocco .
Spanish nationals stranded in Morocco will be able to return home. This is what the authorities of the Iberian neighbor have just decided with the chartering of a new plane to repatriate them.
The repatriation of Moroccans stranded abroad is now imperative. They do not represent a risk of spreading the coronavirus . Their continued stay outside Moroccan territory risks draining the Kingdom’s coffers.
Faced with the inability of seasonal workers from Eastern European countries to reach the fields in Spain, Italy and France, due to the closure of borders in Europe, Spain has preferred to turn to Moroccan irregular immigrants. According to the association of Spanish farmers, this is a workforce that could help save the agricultural season in danger due to the secondary damage of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Moroccan community living in the Madrid region has benefited from the distribution of food aid on the occasion of the month of Ramadan. This is a humanitarian initiative launched by the ALIF International Center for Coexistence to support Moroccans in the current context of the covid-19 pandemic.