The Protection Working Group (GTP) is concerned about the fate of homeless migrants, after the dismantling last week of their camps in Casablanca . This group of associations and organizations engaged in the protection of human rights intends to mobilize as many NGOs as possible for this purpose.
The situation of the homeless (SDF) is becoming increasingly worrying in Morocco . In recent days, two have died due to the critical cold currently experienced by the country, and the third was swept away in the street and in total indifference of the authorities, by a coronavirus infection.
Between weariness and doubts, the suffering of the mule women is great and without hope, relates Hanane, a 35-year-old mule woman, in a documentary made by the Assaida Al Horra Association and broadcast before the presentation of the conclusions of its annual regional report on the violence suffered by women and girls in the Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima region. A very touching report that urgently calls for a resolution of the situation of these women.
The closure of the two border posts of Bab Sebta and Melilla is the cause of the misery affecting thousands of Moroccan families. The mythical Derb Ghalef market in Casablanca, which alone generates more than 20 billion dirhams in annual turnover, is on the brink of collapse.
The grocer-banker, that’s how we can describe the neighborhood grocer who, through the credit system, comes to the rescue of his clients, whose financial situation continues to deteriorate due to the lockdown. We even see him lending cash to residents heavily impacted by the Covid crisis.
The testimony of a Moroccan minor on the Spanish public television channel La 2 has moved the web. In front of thousands of viewers, young Mohammed recounted his adventure from Morocco to Spain.
A phenomenon dating back to time immemorial, begging is gaining altitude day by day. "There is no foolish trade" they say, today, in Moroccan society, begging has become a profession for some.
The impact of the health crisis is likely to be even more severe for those already living in poverty. On the eve of the presentation of the Finance Act and World Day to Combat Poverty, Oxfam Morocco calls for strong measures.
It is a very critical assessment that the Secretary General of the Istiqlal party has made. After nearly 4 years in power, the government of El Othmani has distinguished itself by a long succession of failures that the Covid-19 pandemic has managed to highlight.
The Moroccan social model is no longer the same since the new coronavirus. In less than five months, Moroccan public opinion has gone from almost absolute approval to almost absolute condemnation of the strategy to fight the coronavirus.
168 illegal immigrants were intercepted on Wednesday and Thursday last in makeshift boats in the Mediterranean. They were all brought back to various ports in the north of the Kingdom and handed over to the authorities.
The restrictive measures imposed as part of the Covid-19 crisis have created new poor, notes an official report, published on Monday, August 17, 2020. This report predicts that the percentage of people "vulnerable to poverty" and/or poor will increase from 17.1% of the population in 2019 to 19.87% this year; 1.050 million additional people will be affected by monetary poverty.