Traveling to European Union countries will now be easier for Moroccan nationals. The European Commission decided on Wednesday that the Covid-19 certificates issued by Morocco are compliant with those of the European Union (EU).
The Moroccan seasonal workers stranded in Huelva, southern Spain, will finally be able to return home in the coming days. Several associations are actively preparing this repatriation with the mandatory presentation of a negative Covid-19 PCR test.
While they thought they could return to Morocco to spend the month of Ramadan with their families, Moroccans in Corsica will, for the second consecutive year, have to be content to stay in place. Beyond the measures taken by France, Morocco has suspended maritime and air links with France and Spain.
Moroccans stranded in Turkey and Egypt are crying out in distress. For about two months, many of them have not set foot on Moroccan soil, and Morocco’s recent decision to suspend air links with these two countries adds to their suffering.
Faced with the "marginalization and indifference" they are experiencing and in view of the "difficult conditions" in which they have been living for more than two months, the Moroccans stranded in Turkey, estimated at more than 200, have called on King Mohammed VI for help.
The determination of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) to bring Achraf Hakimi to Morocco does not waver in the face of the reasons cited by Inter to prevent him from traveling. The FRMF has sent a letter to Inter Milan regarding the Moroccan player whose absence could disrupt the strategy put in place by Vahid Halilhodzic.
Coach Vahid Halilhodzic will not accept that the players summoned to take part in the matches against Mauritania and Burundi fail to show up. He insisted with the latter that they prioritize the responsibility of responding to the call of their country, rather than being influenced by a pressure hidden under a so-called health measure.
Inter Milan has stated that the decision to prevent Achraf Hakimi from joining Morocco is purely for health reasons. The Moroccan international is considered a contact case of Stefan de Vrij and Matias Vecino, two Inter players, who recently tested positive for Coronavirus.
Moroccan international Achraf Hakimi will not be able to respond to coach Vahid Halilhodzic’s call, as part of the 2021 CAN qualifiers. Inter Milan has just banned him from traveling, due to two Covid-19 infection cases detected within the team.
Unable to have the Moroccan internationals available, coach Vahid Halilhodzic will have to make do with local players, those who worked for Morocco’s victory in the 2021 CHAN final. They will be called up to face Mauritania on March 26 and Burundi on March 30.
Achraf Hakimi and Sofyan Amrabat will not be present at the gathering of the Atlas Lions to prepare the last two matches counting for the qualifications of the 2022 CAN . They join the long list of Moroccan internationals blocked by their clubs.
Malika B., a Moroccan stranded in Ceuta since the closure of the border in March, had fled her husband in Morocco who was physically abusing her. She is eagerly awaiting the reopening of the borders to bring back her six children, whom she left in Fnideq , in order to start a new life with them.