Khadija, 49, a Belgian-Moroccan, has been stuck in Morocco since March while her husband, Franz, 66, lives confined in Charleroi, Belgium. The steps taken by this separated couple for the wife’s return to her country have so far been unsuccessful.
Stranded in Morocco since March 20, Abdellah Oulad, president of AS Schaerbeek, was unable to be part of the delegation of the last 264 passengers who were recently repatriated to Belgium.
Otman, a young Moroccan student in Liège, received a slap in November 2018 that will leave him with lifelong consequences. The aggressor has remained unidentified to this day, while the young man is fighting against his physical disability.
Kathy, a Belgian from Charleroi, is stuck in Morocco with her 3 and 5 year old children for several weeks. The closure of Morocco’s borders due to the coronavirus is at the root of this blockage, the outcome of which is difficult to envisage, even though Kathy wants to return to take care of her other children left in Belgium.
Belgian Justice Minister Koen Geens announced on Wednesday, May 6, 2020, the release of sixty convicts for terrorism and radicalized detainees this year and next year. A recent study indicates that the risk of recidivism is low.
Foreign and Defense Minister Philippe Goffin stated that 264 Belgians were repatriated from Morocco on a flight on Friday, May 1. Another plane took off from Casablanca on Saturday, May 2, to reach Brussels Airport.
Ahmed, 85, is one of the 1,400 Belgian-Moroccans stranded in Morocco whose request for repatriation to Belgium has been accepted. But he chooses to remain in Tanger, not to abandon his wife, also stuck in the kingdom, but who was not selected for the repatriation operation.
This is the first time that Muslims in Belgium will spend the month of Ramadan, far from the friendly atmosphere and family warmth of the past. This year, the restrictive measures related to the fight against the coronavirus require following well-defined rules and not allowing certain freedoms.
Khalil Zeguendi, a Moroccan from Brussels, is renouncing his Moroccan nationality on the grounds that his sick brother is among the 4,500 Belgo-Moroccans still stranded in Morocco since the suspension of air flights. He accuses the kingdom of not having facilitated their repatriation to date.
Moroccan architect and inventor Alim Berkani, based in Belgium for a few years, is contributing to the fight against coronavirus. In response to the shortage of masks in the country, he is proposing reusable protective masks that can be used more than 120 times.
A young man from Liège tried to "kill Arabs" by going out on the street, armed with a knife last Sunday. He was arrested just before carrying out his act.
The thousands of Belgians and Belgian-Moroccans stranded in Morocco for a month and a half are desperate about the organization of their repatriation to Belgium.