Morocco refused to admit to its territory an irregular migrant without any identity documents, who arrived at Marrakech-Menara airport on a flight from Barcelona airport. The man was accompanied by two security agents employed by a private subcontracting company providing private security services at the Spanish city’s airport.
Moroccans Living Abroad (MRE) are under threat of eviction from their apartment in Tangier. It’s the former tenant who has won the case and could regain possession of the property.
In the Vosges, a 24-year-old man of Tunisian origin was denied his residence permit application, despite being married to a French woman. In addition to this refusal, he received an Obligation to Leave French Territory (OQTF). He has just appealed to the Administrative Court of Nancy, which ruled in his favor.
Deporting foreign prisoners, including Moroccans, to reduce prison overcrowding. This is one of the reforms that Gérald Darmanin, the French Minister of Justice, intends to launch soon.
While living in France since 2017 for medical reasons, Karim Kafouni, a Moroccan who received two liver transplants at the Lille University Hospital, has been subject to an OQTF since March 2023. After his request was rejected by the French justice system, he is relying on support from associations to avoid expulsion.
In France, Moroccans are among the irregular foreigners most frequently detained in Administrative Detention Centers (CRA) for deportation. This is revealed in a joint report by five associations, including La Cimade, which are also alarmed by the increase in the average duration of detention.
Morocco expelled two Italian journalists on Sunday who were trying to enter the city of Laayoune without obtaining official authorization from the competent authorities.
The Retailleau circular pushes some prefects to compete in ingenuity to reduce the number of residence permits issued and increase expulsions. After the prefect of Isère accused of being "a factory of undocumented immigrants" , it’s now the turn of the prefect of Hauts-de-Seine to complicate the lives of undocumented foreigners applying for exceptional admission to stay (AES).
A high school student of Moroccan origin filmed himself giving a Nazi salute in front of a synagogue in Valencia (Drôme). An act that earned him a police custody and an Obligation to Leave the French Territory (OQTF).
In Ariège, a Moroccan, who has already served various prison sentences for acts of violence, and an Albanian, convicted for death threats, theft and burglary in recidivism, have been expelled to their countries of origin. These are the eleventh and twelfth border returns carried out in this department of Occitanie since the beginning of 2025.
The Moroccan Association for Citizenship and Human Rights reacts to the expulsion by Algeria of Mohamed El Soufiani, the Moroccan Consul General-Deputy, stationed in Oran.
The Moroccan authorities expelled from Laâyoune on Saturday two Spanish activists, members of the National Coordination of Solidarity Associations with the Sahara (CEAS-Sahara), and a Spanish journalist who intended to carry out an information mission on the human rights situation in the Moroccan Sahara.