Spanish services had detected up to 2,000 people planning to cross and mobilization on social media. Yet 72,000 people ultimately reached Ceuta, driven by viral videos showing a border that had become almost impossible to control.
Subsidized flour intended for the poorest households was found in an informal bakery in Casablanca. The initial findings of the investigation point to a network that allegedly distributed several tonnes of the product for commercial purposes.
Morocco says that misleading information convinced some would-be migrants that reaching Sebta by swimming would protect them from immediate return. Smuggling networks allegedly exploited this confusion.
Incomplete parental authorization or power of attorney can prevent a minor from boarding a plane in Morocco. A parliamentarian is calling for legalization counters in airports to allow families to regularize documents found to be missing just before departure.
The Interior Ministry has asked municipalities to immediately release guarantees owed to contractors. This intervention follows reports of unjustified delays and suspicions of commissions demanded to accelerate the return of these sums.
In Larache, some urban buses are still from the 1980s. Their deterioration contrasts with the new vehicles deployed in Tangier, Tétouan and M’diq-Fnideq as part of public transport modernization.
Animal protection associations are denouncing new killings of stray dogs in several Moroccan cities, particularly in Tinghir. They are calling for an end to shootings and the implementation of sterilization and vaccination programs announced by authorities.
The government has adopted a draft decree paving the way for a new generation of biometric Moroccan passports. The future document will need to incorporate more advanced security standards, with a transition period for passports already in circulation.
The Ministry of the Interior is studying a new organization of small taxis between Rabat, Salé and Témara. The objective would be to allow drivers to transport clients from one city to another , without forcing them to change taxis at administrative boundaries.
Commissions from the Inspector General of the Ministry of Interior have launched inspections into cooperative housing projects in Morocco . Several members are denouncing years of waiting, suspicions of mismanagement, and sums paid for housing that was never delivered.
Morocco has ordered seven highly mobile field hospitals from German group Rheinmetall. These autonomous medical structures, intended for Defense and Interior, are based on systems already used by the Ukrainian army in extreme conditions.
With each electoral period approaching, the political participation of Moroccans living abroad returns to the debate. A deputy is asking the Interior Ministry to open an exceptional registration period on electoral lists during the summer return of Moroccans from around the world. A proposal that revives an old question: why do Moroccans abroad count so much in the Moroccan economy, but so little at the ballot box ?