While the revenues from drug trafficking from Morocco and other countries amount to 30 billion euros per year in Belgium, the Belgian justice system is only aware of 11.5 million.
Two Moroccans were arrested on Tuesday, as part of the investigation opened after the discovery, in October in England, of the bodies of 39 Vietnamese migrants, who died in a refrigerated truck, the Paris prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday.
Moroccan international Mehdi Carcela was caught participating in a clandestine match, while Belgium has suspended all sporting events to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
A sigh of relief for Belgians and Belgian-Moroccans still stuck in Morocco. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has just announced repatriation flights for next week.
The Queen and the King of Belgium congratulated a Moroccan couple on their 60th wedding anniversary. The happy couple are the parents of Mohamed Saoud, an Istiqlal activist and member of the Executive Bureau of the Party.
The many calls for violence issued in the Brussels area in recent days are becoming worrying. The national secretary of the SNPS police union, Thierry Belin, commented on the explosive situation on the ground and called on politicians to take their responsibilities.
While each individual is allowed to receive four designated people in these times of covid-19, Karim Chaibai, one of the aldermen of Charleroi, was photographed at a table with 23 people. He acknowledges the facts, but his college forces him to spend hours on the ground, raising awareness among young people about the measures related to the coronavirus.
The Muslim community in Belgium, which has a large number of Moroccan nationals, will celebrate Eid al-Fitr this Sunday in a special way. This year, the celebration will take place without the usual rites and traditions, due to the coronavirus.
Nourdine is one of the many Belgians still stranded in Morocco for three months. After receiving a confirmation message for the last repatriation flight, he did not expect the nightmare to continue.
The date of Eid al-Fitr is known in Belgium. This is what the Executive of Muslims of Belgium (EMB) has just indicated after a meeting this Friday, May 22 in Brussels.
Not all Belgians stranded in Morocco and other countries will be able to be repatriated home. This is at least what Philippe Goffin, Minister of Foreign Affairs, affirmed on Tuesday to the Chamber committee.
Belgium is slowly returning to normal life, after more than two months of lockdown. Even though the Belgian embassy in Morocco has announced that it has been able to repatriate 2,000 Belgians, this is not the case for Naziha and her husband Fouad, who have been stuck in Tangier since March 10. The couple is worried about their business left in the country, which is on the verge of bankruptcy.