Part of the some 3,000 Spanish citizens stranded in Morocco after the suspension of flights with Spain and France will be repatriated this Sunday via a Balearia ferry, from the port of Tanger Med to Algeciras. A second wave will take place on Tuesday, April 6.
Spaniards stranded in Morocco after the suspension of flights with Spain and France on Monday, March 29, will be repatriated on Sunday, April 4 via a special flight from the maritime company Iberia.
Two Moroccan minors who had been living on the street for more than a week, specifically on the Plaza de la Paz in Puerto de Rosario, were taken care of on Saturday by the juvenile judge, in coordination with the Moroccan consulate in Las Palmas.
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 Moroccan Khaddouj Bayessif, 83 years old, has been blocked in Ceuta since the closure of the borders in March 2020. She had come to visit her daughter who had lost her husband. The octogenarian wears a pacemaker and needs to be repatriated to Morocco to receive her care.
Belgium has decided to organize the repatriation of the children of jihadists - the majority of them are children of Belgian-Moroccans - present in the detention camps in northeastern Syria. Prime Minister Alexander De Croo had made this announcement before Parliament.
The Moroccan authorities indicated on Monday that several accompanied and unaccompanied minors, grouped four or six in boats, are repatriated weekly from Las Palmas to Laâyoune. In total, 80 weekly trips are made.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs has posted online a documentary on the repatriation of French citizens stranded in Morocco and other countries due to the coronavirus. In total, 370,000 French travelers returned to France as part of these operations.
The new director of the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ), Habboub Cherkaoui, stated that 1,137 Moroccan jihadists and their families, detained in the camps in northern Syria, are awaiting repatriation.
The Spanish Embassy in Rabat announced the organization on Saturday, March 27, of a new repatriation operation for the benefit of Spaniards and residents in Spain as well as vehicles registered in the European Union.
Unicef France has reservations about the Franco-Moroccan cooperation for the return of unaccompanied minors and says it is "extremely concerned about the impacts of this cooperation on the effectiveness of children’s rights and the risks they face in case of return". The institution takes a dim view of the consequences that a forced return will have on these children.
Spain will carry out a new repatriation of Spaniards and Spanish residents stranded in Morocco on Friday, March 19, the Spanish embassy in Morocco has announced. It will be carried out by the shipping company Balearia, from the port of Tanger Med to that of Algeciras.