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• COVID-19 Traps Undocumented Migrants in Limbo at Toulouse Detention Center
  9 December 2020, by Sylvanus

  Many undocumented Moroccans and Algerians find themselves in an "untenable situation" in these times of Covid-19 at the administrative detention center (CRA) of Cornebarrieu, near Toulouse. The deputy of Ariège, Bénédicte Taurine, made the observation.
  The elected official visited the center for the fourth time. Accompanied this time by journalists, she says she wants to "report the situations of the people detained in the center". Ms. Taurine denounces an "untenable situation" at the CRA (…)

• Former Miss Morocco Sues Physiotherapist for Severe Burn Injury
  19 December 2020, by Sylvanus

  Ilham Khallad, 29, can no longer compete because of a burn on her abdomen, which still streaks her stomach. It all started with a backache. "I looked for a physiotherapist close to my home on the Internet," she confides to the newspaper Le Parisien. For the back, there was no problem. A year later, he showed me a machine that slims the stomach. It was 200 euros per session. The first one went well. But at the second, he left me alone for 45 minutes to take care of another patient in the next (…)

• Toulouse Imam to Face Trial for Alleged Anti-Semitic Sermon
  6 January 2021, by Jérôme

  The imam of the Grand Mosque of Toulouse will be tried before the criminal court in the coming days. He is accused of "incitement to racial hatred" during an Arabic sermon dating back three years.
  Imam Mohamed Tataï, originally from Algeria, suspected of being anti-Semitic, has been brought before the criminal court for "provocation to discrimination, hatred or violence (...) on the grounds of origin or belonging to a particular ethnic group, nation, race or religion," said Me Simon (…)

• French Lawmakers Propose Solutions for Unaccompanied Migrant Youth Involved in Crime
  13 March 2021, by Sylvanus

  Two French elected officials have made proposals on the situation of unaccompanied foreign minors, including many Moroccans, who survive through delinquency in Paris, Montpellier, Toulouse, Nantes, Rennes, etc. This is the essence of the report of a parliamentary mission.
  Deputies Jean-François Eliaou (LREM) and Antoine Savignat (LR) led a parliamentary mission on the situation of minors living from delinquency in Paris, Montpellier, Toulouse, Nantes, Rennes, etc., and who refuse any (…)

• Business School Entrance Exam Compromised: Thousands to Retake Test After Online Leak
  1 May 2021, by Prince

  The 7,473 students who took the entrance exam to business schools on Thursday will have to retake the general culture test. This is because the test was published online just a few hours after the start of the exam by Mister Prepa, "a media designed to help candidates succeed in the entrance exams to the grandes écoles de commerce". As a result, candidates in Morocco, who were supposed to start the test an hour after its launch in France, were likely able to obtain it before the start of the (…)

• Toulouse Airport Expands Morocco Routes, Adds 66 Summer Destinations
  22 May 2021, by Sylvanus

  Subject to the lifting of travel restrictions related to the Covid-19 pandemic, Toulouse-Blagnac airport will offer flights to Morocco. These air links are part of its summer 2021 program.
  Toulouse-Blagnac airport has planned 66 destinations: 18 national and 48 international which will be operated by 25 airlines, reports Air journal. Among them, Casablanca, Marrakech, Agadir, Oujda and Fez. The airline Air Arabia Maroc will launch a new link to Oujda, with 2 flights per week on an Airbus (…)

• Toulouse Airport Intensifies Screening for Travelers from Morocco Amid COVID Concerns
  17 July 2021, by Sylvanus

  At Toulouse-Blagnac airport, customs officers are checking travelers arriving from Morocco and other countries. Health measures have also been strengthened for departures on foreign holidays.
  "I have been tested several times in Morocco and the checks went well," says Hossam, who returned from Marrakech, to La Dépêche du Midi. This Moroccan is exempt from isolation after his arrival on French territory, as France has classified Morocco as an orange zone, a country where the virus is still (…)

• Delivery Driver Sentenced for $16,000 Cigarette Theft, Claimed Exorcism Expenses
  13 August 2021, by Sylvanus

  A delivery driver of Moroccan origin was sentenced by the Toulouse court to six months in prison for stealing cigarette cartons from his workplace. He sent part of the money from the resale to his partner living in Morocco and another part for payment of exorcism sessions.
  The events took place on July 23. The delivery driver, a 43-year-old man, father of two children, is employed in a delivery company that delivers to tobacco retailers in the region, reports La Dépêche du Midi. He (…)

• Traveler’s Morocco Trip Nearly Derailed by False Positive COVID Test
  14 August 2021, by Sylvanus

  As he was about to go on vacation to Morocco, Nassim*, a resident of Cahors, was just two steps away from missing his flight. And for good reason, he tested falsely positive for Covid-19.
  The events took place on July 4 and 5. Nassim*, 27, who was about to leave for Morocco the next evening, asked his nurse sister to perform a PCR test. The result turned out to be positive. He is then forced to cancel his rental, notify his two colleagues that they have been declared contact cases with (…)

• Moroccan Man on Trial for 2017 ’Burqa Killer’ Murder in Toulouse
  9 September 2021, by Sylvanus

  During the trial of the men accused of the murder in a burqa, in July 2017 in Toulouse, the Haute-Garonne Assize Court is looking into the personality of the Moroccan Walid Derqaoui and Yacine Frikass, a friend of another defendant. At the helm, President Michel Huyette.
  Born in Morocco, Walid Derqaoui arrived in Toulouse from 2000 at the age of 8. In 5th grade, this boy, the only son of a father’s second wife, decides to drop out of school. He falls into delinquency. Walid multiplies (…)