After several weeks of waiting, Tunisian nationals stranded in Morocco have been able to return to their country. They are among the foreigners who were surprised by the preventive measures put in place by Morocco to curb the spread of covid-19.
In total, 23 British citizens have been repatriated from Morocco to Gibraltar, on Friday, April 7, via two ships. They had been stuck in the kingdom for several weeks due to the confinement measures imposed to curb the spread of covid-19.
Moroccan airports are preparing to reopen. A note would have been sent to them, inviting them to prepare for the new plan to fight the spread of the new coronavirus.
The municipal councilor of Taoujtat, in the Meknès region, has just tasted the anguish experienced by illegal migrants, by taking a boat to cross over to Morocco. He was arrested and returned to the hotel where he is staying.
Air France announced on Sunday, May 10, the end of its "special and capped fares" used for the repatriation operations of French and dual nationals stranded abroad due to covid-19.
Blocked in Morocco for nearly two months, Moroccans in Spain are tired of waiting. Faced with the damage suffered, a Spanish association defending the rights of Moroccans residing abroad intends to take legal action against the Moroccan and Spanish governments.
While she was taking a morning walk around a motorhome parking area in Taroudant , a French tourist was attacked with a knife by a man who is said to have psychiatric problems. Since then, the medical repatriation of this sexagenarian from Neuville-de-Poitou has proven complicated due to the lockdown.
While she had traveled to Casablanca on March 11 to visit her elderly father, Nadia Kamal, director of the innovation department at Harmonie mutuelle, has been stuck there since March 16, far from her two children. She is calling for help for her repatriation.
There are 14,000 students stranded in Ukraine due to the suspension of flights and the lockdown imposed to curb the spread of covid-19. Tired of the living conditions in which they find themselves, they call on the Moroccan authorities to organize their return to the country.
Mimouna, this mother who had been stranded in Morocco for 57 days, has finally been repatriated to Orléans. Alan, the man with whom she had started this adventure, is still stuck in the kingdom.
Khadija, 49, a Belgian-Moroccan, has been stuck in Morocco since March while her husband, Franz, 66, lives confined in Charleroi, Belgium. The steps taken by this separated couple for the wife’s return to her country have so far been unsuccessful.
Moroccan nationals stranded abroad are calling for royal intervention to repatriate them to Morocco. Even though the consular authorities of the kingdom say they are taking measures to ensure this operation, these Moroccans announce sit-ins in front of the embassies and consulates of the kingdom, around the world, on May 11.