Since September 18, the national cycling team has been taking part in the Road World Championships being held in Belgium. The national team arrived in Brussels on Monday for a competition that ends on September 26.
A Tui fly plane that was supposed to transport passengers from Fez to Brussels took off with several hours of delay before unexpectedly landing in Paris. Tempers flared.
"Baraka Solidarité" is the name of the association run by Malika Saïssi in Molenbeek, which, with the help of volunteers, offers free meals to people in need. The initiative started during the lockdown to encourage people to come out of isolation.
This Friday, September 17, the federal prosecutor’s office in Belgium referred the case of Franco-Moroccan Salah Abdeslam and nine other men suspected of being involved in the jihadist attacks carried out on March 22, 2016 in Brussels to the Assize Court.
Announced on the verge of leaving last August, Moroccan international Selim Amallah has managed to dispel doubts about his performance and abilities. He has helped Standard Liège get off to a good start to the season, thus becoming a player to count on.
The suspect in the murder of Mounia, a 36-year-old Moroccan woman, whose throat was slit in broad daylight in Evere on June 30, made rather strange statements to the investigators.
On Monday, Sammy Mahdi, Belgian Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration, raised the possibility of compulsory vaccination for asylum seekers. This issue will be studied on Friday during the Consultation Committee.
Faced with the rise in hospitalizations in Brussels, Belgium has decided to impose new restrictions on travelers from Morocco and other countries on its red list.
Morocco, Spain, Greece, Italy and France are among the most popular destinations in Belgium. As a result, Brussels Airport achieved good performance last month.
SOS Jeunes/Quartier libre AMO, Médecins sans frontières, Médecins du monde and the Bxl Refugees citizens’ platform are alerting on the precarious situation of foreign minors in Brussels. For his part, Sammy Mahdi, Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration, affirms that the phenomenon is real but assures that Belgium is already collaborating with Morocco with a view to their repatriation.
A 55-year-old Belgian of Turkish origin was arrested on Tuesday at Mohammed V International Airport in Casablanca . He would be involved in a rape case. The man was the subject of an international arrest warrant issued against him by the Turkish authorities.
While Brussels is being overwhelmed by the Covid-19 pandemic, notably due to the return of Belgian-Moroccans from Morocco , the Arab-Muslim population, which is a dense population, is reluctant to get vaccinated.