The migration crisis in Sebta has abruptly brought Morocco’s cooperation with Europe back to the center of the debate. But several weeks before the events at the beginning of August, European elected officials were already calling for funding granted to Rabat to be used as leverage over expulsions.
Moroccans residing in Italy who travel to Spain must now keep their passport and residence permit close at hand. Since this Saturday, August 8, Madrid has reinstated checks at ports and airports for travelers arriving from Italy.
The divorce of two Moroccans from the Netherlands turned into a financial puzzle before the Dutch courts. At the heart of the case: several properties, bank accounts and, above all, a €1.4 million loan whose use could not be established.
Transferring a house or plot of land in Morocco after an investigation has begun is not enough to erase the past. Dutch municipalities may still seek to establish that the social assistance beneficiary owned this property while receiving benefits.
A 9-year-old boy narrowly escaped drowning in Como, Italy, thanks to the immediate intervention of a 45-year-old man of Moroccan origin. The rescuer himself ended up in the emergency room after being injured during the intervention.
A Dutch investigation in Morocco does not need to resolve every grey area to threaten “bijstand.” The evidence collected may be enough to force the beneficiary to prove the origin, ownership and value of a suspected property.
A Dutch benefit can still be shared among several widows of the same man in Morocco. The government wants to amend the law to prevent polygamous marriages from continuing to generate social rights in the Netherlands.
A bipartisan bill introduced in Washington provides for designating the Polisario Front as a terrorist organization if its alleged cooperation with Iran or its allies is confirmed. Its assets could then be frozen and its leaders subjected to financial and travel restrictions.
An undeclared property in Morocco can turn a social assistance case into a criminal matter in the Netherlands. Once the damage reaches 50,000 euros, the municipality must refer the case to the public prosecutor’s office. This threshold concerns benefits improperly received, not the value of the property.
Seriously injured in an accident in the Dominican Republic, Bouthaïna El Arj underwent head surgery. Her family says the clinic is now demanding a guarantee of 40,000 dollars, approximately 400,000 dirhams, to continue treating her.
A Dutch woman of Moroccan origin must repay nearly eleven years of social assistance. Her apartment in Nador was registered in her sister’s name, then in her daughter’s, but the courts consider her the true owner of the property.
Born and raised in the Netherlands, a Moroccan woman who lost her Dutch nationality will be able to return to the country. The courts rejected a condition added by the administration and ordered the immediate issuance of her long-stay visa.