All the Moroccans blocked in Melilla will return home, except for a young woman barely 34 years old, who was found dead the day before the repatriation. A death that certainly lays bare the conditions of stress and anxiety in which the Moroccans blocked abroad live and who only ask for one thing: to return home.
Leaving for Morocco in their new motorhome on March 6, Michel Van den Bossche and Noëlle Godan have been confined in the kingdom for more than a month and a half. They hope to board one of the boats that transport motorhome owners between Morocco and Europe to then return to Belgium.
Since this Friday, May 15, Morocco is proceeding with the repatriation of its citizens blocked in Melilla for two months. Nearly 500 Moroccans should ultimately be repatriated before being placed in quarantine in hotels.
The Moroccans stranded in Melilla can breathe a sigh of relief. The Moroccan authorities have started this Friday an operation to repatriate some of them.
While Claudine had left with a friend to Morocco on March 8 to return to France on March 26, she finds herself stuck in the kingdom. She is waiting for a hypothetical repatriation flight on May 22 or 28.
Cited as an example and congratulated by several countries for its strong measures taken to curb covid-19, Morocco is struggling to find its bearings. A few days before the deconfinement, the kingdom is facing several ills, including the increase in contaminations, the lack of communication, and the repatriation of citizens stranded abroad.
Strict instructions would have been given to start the repatriation operation of thousands of Moroccans stranded abroad. The first flight would leave before Eid al-Fitr .
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Residing Abroad says it is ready to organize the repatriation of Moroccans stranded abroad, provided that the Ministry of Health gives the green light.
While Morocco has already authorized repatriation operations for more than 84,000 tourists stranded on its territory, the kingdom has not repatriated any of its nationals stranded abroad. Yet their number exceeds 27,000.
Suzanne and Gérard, one of the couples from Charente-Maritime, stranded in Morocco for more than two months, were lucky enough to board a boat on Tuesday, May 12, to return to France. In total, five thousand motorhomes are still stuck in the kingdom.
In a written question, the president of the "La France insoumise" group in the National Assembly, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, questions the government on the measures it intends to take to plan and organize the return of all French or foreign residents in France to their homes.
While she had left Brains, south of Nantes, for a week’s vacation in Agadir, from March 9 to 16, Patricia Aubinais had found herself confined in Morocco . After 52 days of extended vacation, this woman from Saint-Mars de Coutais finally returned to Nantes on April 29.