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.
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.
Following the extension of the suspension of air and sea links until December 31, the Moroccan authorities have given Moroccans stranded abroad a week (until December 23) to return to the country. Once back, they must observe a seven-day quarantine in one of the dedicated hotels. These hotels are now known.
The airline Royal Air Maroc (RAM) has unveiled the full program of its repatriation flights until December 23, following the decision of the Moroccan authorities to end the system put in place to allow the return to Morocco of Moroccans who actually reside there and who have recently left the national territory.
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.
Moroccans stranded abroad following Morocco’s suspension of flights to and from the kingdom can return to the country. The Moroccan authorities have just authorized repatriation flights from three countries.
Moroccans stranded in France, Spain, Turkey and Mauritania, after the government’s decision to close its airspace, will be repatriated on December 7.
The government of Ceuta will recruit nine interpreters to assist it during individual interviews with the more than 400 minors who remain in the city with a view to their return to Morocco.
Hundreds of Spaniards, mostly tourists, stranded in Morocco after the closure of air borders , are looking for a way to return home. They are facing the difficulty of obtaining airline tickets at reasonable prices.
The Ceuta prosecutor’s office has summoned Salvadora Mateos, the government delegate in Ceuta, to appear in the case relating to the return of more than 50 minor migrants to Morocco in August.
Seven Spaniards are stuck in Morocco, which on Monday and for two weeks closed its airspace to fight the spread of the new Omicron variant. Arrived in Tetouan on November 27 for a few days of vacation, their return flight was scheduled for November 30.