Ahmed, a Moroccan threatened with expulsion, and Florence, a French woman with whom he married in January 2020, have finally found their smile again after a hunger strike started on September 20 to obtain an appointment with the Préfecture du Doubs.
The Tarragona court sentenced a Moroccan migrant, who burgled two apartments in one night, to three years and nine months in prison. Instead of the sentence, he will be expelled to Morocco and banned from entering Spain for a period of six years.
Moroccan police expelled a forensic medical delegation that arrived in the city of Boujdour from Gran Canaria on Saturday from Laâyoune airport.
After multiple refusals of his request for regularization, Ahmed, a Moroccan threatened with expulsion, found himself hospitalized at the Besançon University Hospital on Thursday, September 30, after a fainting spell. At the origin, a hunger strike that he and his wife have been observing for a few days, in order to obtain an appointment with the Préfecture of Doubs. Since January, he has been under an obligation to leave French territory (OQTF) for having entered France without a visa.
France is now taking a firm stance towards Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, which do not allow the return of their expelled nationals. Minister Gérald Darmanin affirms that as long as these countries do not take back their compatriots, "we do not accept them". On Tuesday, Paris decided to reduce visa issuance by 50% for Moroccans and Algerians and by 30% for Tunisians.
Under threat of expulsion, a Moroccan family is receiving the support of the people of Aubenas. The Movement against Racism and for Friendship between Peoples (Mrap) organized a rally on Saturday, September 25, attended by about forty people. They all call for the granting of a residence permit to this family.
Moroccan international Khalid Boutaïb , striker for Le Havre, had a violent altercation with a supporter on Monday and was even expelled. On Tuesday, the Moroccan player returned to the facts, apologizing.
While he was preparing a trip to Morocco with his French wife, a Moroccan received an obligation to leave French territory (OQTF) because he entered France without a visa. Without hope, he says he now lives like "a thief".
In Algeria, Moroccans now live in fear of expulsion since the Algerian decision to break off diplomatic relations with Morocco . They dread the situation of 1976, when more than 350,000 Moroccans were sent back due to the breakdown of relations between the two countries under the presidency of Houari Boumediene because of differences over the Sahara issue.
While they wanted to reach Libya, many Moroccan migrants find themselves stranded in detention centers in Algeria. Living in very difficult conditions, they are asking the Algerian authorities to grant their request for repatriation and to speed up the expulsion procedure to Morocco .
José Luis Martinez-Almeida, mayor of Madrid and spokesperson for the Spanish Popular Party (PP), reacted to the expulsion of minors from Ceuta. In his sights, the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez.
The government delegation in Ceuta indicated on Monday that only 4% of migrants will have their asylum applications approved and the rest will be expelled with an order prohibiting entry into Spain and the rest of the EU for five or ten years.