The Algerian authorities have turned back a team of Moroccan journalists sent to Algeria to provide media coverage of the 9th edition of the Mediterranean Games held in Oran from June 25 to July 06, 2022 .
Two weeks after the military invasion of Ukraine by Russia, Morocco has managed to repatriate more than 9,000 Moroccan citizens. From the first threats, the Moroccan embassy in Ukraine called on Moroccan nationals to leave the country.
The Moroccan Ambassador to Ukraine, Faouz El Achabi, stated that 35 students who were blocked in Sumy were able to be evacuated on Tuesday, in coordination with the authorities of the country.
Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine , 436 Moroccans have managed to flee the country by passing through the border posts to which the Moroccan embassy in Kiev had asked them to go.
Moroccan nationals stranded in Ukraine who wish to leave the country to join Morocco by air from neighboring countries are exempted from the vaccine pass.
Some 5,760 Moroccans stranded abroad have already been repatriated from the United Arab Emirates, Portugal and Turkey, said Mustapha Baitas, the delegate minister in charge of Relations with Parliament, government spokesman.
Seven new cases of the new Omicron variant have been detected among Moroccans stranded abroad and repatriated to Marrakech Menara airport on special flights. In total, 45 cases of Covid-19, including five serious ones, were discovered in this group.
The airline Royal Air Maroc is reacting to the announcement by the Moroccan Directorate General of Civil Aviation to extend the suspension of all passenger flights to and from Morocco until January 31, 2022.
Many Moroccans stranded abroad are desperate after the Moroccan authorities’ decision to extend the suspension of flights until December 31, due to the rapid spread of the Omicron variant in Europe.
About sixty Moroccan seasonal workers find themselves blocked in France due to health restrictions. An association leader calls on the Moroccan authorities to facilitate their repatriation to Morocco.
The authorities in Marrakech have requisitioned four hotel establishments in the city to accommodate Moroccans stranded abroad upon their arrival. They will be placed in quarantine there before joining their families.
The government is studying the possibility of launching repatriation operations for Moroccans currently stranded abroad , according to the Minister of Health.