Placed in detention pending his return to Morocco, a Moroccan man has been released by the Dutch courts. The judge considered that the authorities had not sufficiently explained why a less restrictive measure was impossible. The State must pay him 1,000 euros.
Taiwanese industrial group Froch is building a 90,000 m² factory in Morocco, primarily intended for the European market. The quotas and customs duties imposed on exports from Taiwan influenced this choice. Production is due to begin in early 2027.
Algerians now account for 42% of irregular arrivals recorded on the Western Mediterranean route to Spain, compared with 22% for Moroccans. This reversal has been confirmed by the International Organization for Migration.
Moroccan restrictions on date imports are beginning to divert part of Tunisia’s date industry away from its primary market. Exporters are stepping up their efforts in Asia, particularly in Malaysia and Indonesia.
Bangladesh has just approved an additional 140,000 tonnes of fertilizer from OCP Nutricrops. Added to the 70,000 tonnes approved twelve days earlier, the orders decided in August have already reached 210,000 tonnes, worth nearly 168 million dollars.
Voluntarily registered in the Dutch register of banned gamblers, a Moroccan man was nevertheless able to enter the same casino 51 times. He allegedly used his Moroccan identity document to circumvent the checks before demanding reimbursement for his losses.
Between July 2025 and June 2026, Norway imported 707 tonnes of Moroccan raspberries and blackberries. For the first time, Morocco supplied more than half of its foreign purchases, ahead of Portugal, despite the overall decline in the Norwegian market.
Dutch municipalities have an official procedure for searching in Morocco for real estate not declared by recipients of “bijstand” (social assistance). But the 2026 UWV guide acknowledges that these investigations depend on Moroccan cooperation deemed “not always optimal.”
A Moroccan woman says that her husband left her in Morocco with their baby before returning to the Netherlands with their passports and bringing proceedings before the Larache court. Dutch justice now refuses to recognize the Moroccan decision on parental authority.
OCP is taking a new step in the United States. Its North American subsidiary is preparing a phosphate fertilizer plant in Louisiana with agricultural giant CHS, for an investment that could reach $450 million and a capacity of more than one million tonnes per year.
A scientific study warns of the possible depletion of U.S. phosphorus resources within forty years. Essential for fertilizers and crops, this mineral now places Morocco at the heart of the food security of the United States.
The European Union is investing €20 million in Morocco’s digital transformation, particularly in 5G, cloud computing and artificial intelligence. But its financing excludes equipment from suppliers it classifies as high-risk, a category that notably targets Huawei and ZTE.