Stranded Moroccan Merchants Return Home After Consulate Intervention in Sète

"The consulate intervened. They took care of things. The majority of the stranded merchants left on the evening of Wednesday, February 17," said Jeanine Léger, president of the Cimade de Sète who had alerted the prefect of Hérault, Jacques Witkowski, about the situation of about twenty Moroccan nationals stranded in Sète since January 31. "Others will do so very quickly. They have either headed to Morocco or to the place where they have a foothold when they come to trade in Europe," she specified.

The Moroccan consulate in Montpellier rented a secure parking lot to store all the vehicles loaded with goods, reports Midi Libre. "They will come back to get them when the links between France and Morocco have resumed," said the president of the Cimade de Sète. She is delighted that the consulate has solved the problem. These Moroccans had been forced for more than two weeks to live in "worrying material and sanitary conditions". Several associations had provided them with assistance.