Long a sanctuary for European drug traffickers, Dubai is losing its appeal due to the increase in extraditions. Pushed out, some leaders of Moroccan-origin organized crime could seek refuge within the kingdom.
The 18-year-old midfielder Thiago Pitarch , who started for the first time with Real Madrid against Getafe, has chosen to wear the colors of Spain. The Moroccan Federation suffers a setback despite its efforts to convince him.
The escalation in the Middle East and the strengthening of judicial cooperation in Dubai are pushing Belgian drug trafficking barons towards Morocco. This strategic withdrawal benefits from the absence of extradition of dual nationals by the Kingdom.
The return to Belgium of Imam Mohamed Toujgani has reignited the debate on the granting and withdrawal of Belgian nationality.
Lina El Arabi discusses her "Arab" origins and dual identity during a meeting organized at Canneseries 2025. The Franco-Moroccan is one of the main actresses in the series Plaine orientale, whose first episodes aired Monday on Canal+.
Moroccans residing in Germany are angry. The cause is a bill from the Justice and Development Party (PJD) aiming to prohibit dual nationals from holding ministerial positions in Morocco . A measure they consider "dangerous" and violating their rights.
Not surprisingly, Moroccans were the most naturalized in Spain in 2021. This is revealed by the public agency Eurostat, which recently published its statistics on naturalizations.
The far-right party Vox has asked for the appearance before Congress of the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, to understand the "fraud system" in the granting of Spanish nationality to Moroccans who, they denounce, do not renounce their nationality of origin beforehand.
In 2021, some 42,000 Moroccans became Spanish citizens , thus becoming one of the first communities in the country to obtain it.
The qualification of Morocco and France for the World Cup semi-finals in Qatar is a joy for Franco-Moroccans. Some of them are still having trouble realizing the surprising rise of the Moroccan team, the real surprise of this World Cup edition.
14 of the 26 players on the Moroccan national team were born abroad, making it the team with the most "foreigners" at the World Cup. These dual-nationals, including Achraf Hakimi and Munir Mohamedi born in Spain, are the strength of the Atlas Lions who face Spain on Tuesday in the round of 16.
The Moroccan national football team is made up of several dual nationals who have opted for Morocco over Belgium, Spain, the Netherlands, Italy and many others. Behind these sometimes difficult choices is a real lobbying carried out by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF).