While it represents a relief for many Moroccans, the reopening of borders seems to be bad news for Moroccans residing in Saudi Arabia. Waiting to be repatriated for several months, they now have to pay to hope to return to the country.
Moroccans stranded in Turkey are demanding their immediate repatriation. To express their discontent, they have been camping for 10 days, near the Moroccan Consulate General in Istanbul.
The 7,100 Moroccan seasonal workers stranded in Huelva since the end of the strawberry season a month ago, due to the closure of the Moroccan borders, will be able to start returning to the country this week, in waves and by sea.
The Minister of Tourism, Handicrafts, Air Transport and Social Economy, Nadia Fettah Alaoui, assured on Wednesday that the first special flights scheduled as part of the exceptional operation related to the state of health emergency in Morocco are taking place in "very satisfactory" conditions.
Moroccans stranded abroad will have to face huge expenses for their return to the country. The special repatriation flights programmed by the Moroccan authorities will bleed their wallets.
The Andalusian Association for Human Rights (APDHA) and the Moroccan Association for Human Rights (AMDH) are calling for the acceleration of the return of the 7,200 Moroccan seasonal workers in Huelva and an investigation into the responsibility of the two governments in this delay.
Some 278 Moroccans stranded in the Sultanate of Oman, Qatar and Jordan have returned to Morocco this Monday.
A Moroccan blocked in Ceuta due to the closure of the Moroccan border has desperately tried to return to Morocco.
After several months of uncertainty and economic hardship, Moroccans stranded in Japan have finally been repatriated.
The Spanish Embassy in Morocco has announced that two waves of repatriation of Spaniards and Spanish residents stranded in Morocco, via Trasmediterránea ferries, are scheduled for July 9 and 10 at 2:00 p.m., from Tangier to the port of Algeciras.
Moroccans stranded abroad continue to set foot on Moroccan soil. 150 of them were repatriated on Wednesday from Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris to Marrakech.
While 3,151 people have been repatriated from Spain, Ceuta, Melilla, and Algeria as of June 20, 2020, many foreigners residing in Morocco and stranded abroad are still waiting to be repatriated.