France is now taking a firm stance towards Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, which do not allow the return of their expelled nationals. Minister Gérald Darmanin affirms that as long as these countries do not take back their compatriots, "we do not accept them". On Tuesday, Paris decided to reduce visa issuance by 50% for Moroccans and Algerians and by 30% for Tunisians.
France has decided to tighten the granting of visas for Moroccans, Algerians and Tunisians, thus carrying out its threat . It had warned that it would drastically reduce (50%) visas if Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia did not agree to issue the consular laissez-passer necessary for the return of their nationals rejected from France.
Makram Akrout, 42, was awarded the prize for the "best baguette in Paris" last Saturday. A consecration for this former Tunisian undocumented immigrant and son of a baker.
The profile of Brahim K., a radicalized young Moroccan-Tunisian, worries the French investigators. He will be arrested on September 7, the eve of the trial of the November 13, 2015 attacks.
The new global report of the International Labor Organization (ILO) on social protection 2020-2022 indicates that nearly 4.1 billion people in the world have no protection, or just over half of the world’s population. What about the situation in Morocco?
The economic situation of the six countries in the MENA region was at the heart of the latest report by the S&P Ratings Agency published on September 7. These countries, including Morocco, are struggling to return to growth due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
In Paris, the police arrested a bus from Briançon that was transporting about fifty migrants, mostly from Tunisia, Morocco , Egypt, Iraq or Afghanistan.
King Mohammed VI criticized Germany without naming it during his speech addressed to the nation on the occasion of the 68th anniversary of the revolution of the king and the people. The country of Angela Merkel had, a few weeks ago, called on the European Union to reduce Morocco’s hegemony over the Maghreb and favor Algeria and Tunisia.
BioNTech, a German biotechnology company specializing in the development and manufacture of active immunotherapies in the treatment of serious diseases, is betting on Africa to boost its production. In this sense, it plans to open a factory in one of the following five countries: Morocco , Egypt, South Africa, Tunisia or Senegal.
Royal Air Maroc (RAM) is at the top of the high-level airlines in terms of health safety in the Maghreb. This emerges from the latest "Covid-19 Airline Safety Rating" ranking by the international air transport rating agency, Skytrax.
The air bridge transporting the emergency medical aid ordered by King Mohammed VI for the benefit of Tunisia, which is experiencing a worsening of its epidemiological situation related to Covid-19, continues. A new plane landed on Saturday at Tunis-Carthage International Airport.
Morocco , Tunisia, or even Turkey are among the 80 destinations offered this summer by Lyon Saint-Exupéry airport. Two terminals are already reopened (2 and 1B).