Migration : EU to develop cooperation with Morocco, says Mogherini

The European Union (EU) should develop its cooperation with Morocco to curb migratory flows on the western Mediterranean route, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, said Monday in Brussels. «We have seen a 150% increase in migration flows on the western Mediterranean route this year, and we have decided to strengthen our actions to curb these flows, especially with Morocco and Mauritania», Mogherini pointed out at a

Maroc : Hakim Benchamach réélu à la tête de la Chambre des conseillers

Hakim Benchamach a été réélu, lundi, à la tête de la Chambre des conseillers pour un nouveau mandat. Le secrétaire général du Parti authenticité et modernité (PAM) a été réélu lors d'une séance plénière tenue par la Chambre haute et ayant enregistré l'absence d'un seul conseiller.  Il a obtenu 63 voix sur 91 votes exprimés, au moment

Migration : Un mort et une trentaine de rescapés au large de Tanger

Un garde-côte de la Marine royale a porté assistance, lundi matin, à une embarcation utilisée pour la migration illégale en difficulté à l’ouest de Tanger, avec à bord 39 personnes, dont un mort, apprend-on de source militaire. Cette barque, qui aurait pris la mer depuis le 8 octobre dernier, se serait égarée au large, suite à une panne de moteur l’ayant laissée à la dérive. Les 38

Spain : An Andalusia party wants to include the Rif in its «republic»

Pedro Ignacio Altamirano, the founder of the Andalusian National (NA), an Andalusian nationalist independentist and socialist political party in Andalusia (Spain), revealed in a show broadcasted by Spanish channel TV3 his party’s intention of creating a republic that would include, Andalusia, Portugal’s Algrave and Alentejo and the Moroccan Rif region. Although the Rif is not connected geographically to the Iberian Peninsula, Altamirano bases his project on aspects related to

September 11 attacks : Germany expels Mounir al-Motassadeq to Morocco

Germany announced on Monday, 15th of October, the expulsion of Moroccan terrorist Mounir al-Motassadeq who was involved in the September 11 attacks, reports German channel DW. Mounir al-Motassadeq was sentenced on the 8th of January 2007 to 15 years in prison for helping three of the suicide pilots in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States The inmate was convicted of «membership in a terrorist organization and accessory to murder for aiding the three hijackers who lived in

The number of failed attempts of illegal emigration has more than doubled since 2016

The number of failed attempts to emigrate illegally from Morocco has more than doubled, increasing from an average of 32,000 each year between 2003 and 2015 to about 65,000 since 2016, said Khalid Zerouali, wali, director of Immigration and Border Surveillance. The reorientation of migrant flows to Morocco is mainly explained by the strengthening of the factors of attraction in Europe recorded in the wake of the waves of migrants and refugees that this continent has experienced, Zerouali said

Casablanca : La légalisation de signature et la certification des copies bientôt dématérialisées

La ville de Casablanca, engagée dans un chantier de dématérialisation de tous ses services administratifs d’ici 2022, va commencer en 2019 par la légalisation des signatures et la certification de la conformité des copies des documents originaux. Casa Prestations, société de développement local (SDL) en charge du dossier, a lancé, le 28 septembre dernier, un appel à manifestation d’intérêt pour la

Diplomacy : A South African delegation visits the Tindouf camps

A South Africa delegation visited the Tindouf camps on the 12th of October to attend festivities, commemorating the «43th anniversary of the Declaration of National Unity». Representatives from South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) were later received by the Front’s leader, Brahim Ghali. On Sunday, 14th of October, Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa, Luwellyn Tyrone Landers held a series of meetings at the Front and

Commercial borders : Imbroda encourages the signing of a friendship treaty with Morocco

Last week the Coalition for Melilla (CpM), a political party in the North African exclave of Melilla, suggested that Morocco and Spain should sign a new Treaty of Friendship, Good-neighborliness and Cooperation. Commenting on the initiative, Melilla’s president Juan José Imbroda encouraged the proposal, urging the ruling party in Spain to negotiate the signing of the treaty with Morocco, reports El Faro de Melilla.   For Imbroda the project is a way of pushing Rabat to

Emigration irrégulière : «Le nombre de tentatives avortées a doublé depuis 2016»

Le nombre de tentatives avortées d'émigration irrégulière au départ du Maroc est passé de 32 000 en moyenne chaque année entre 2003 et 2015, à quelque 65 000 depuis 2016, soit plus du double, a indiqué Khalid Zerouali, wali, directeur de l'immigration et de la surveillance des frontières. La réorientation des flux de migrants vers le Maroc s’explique, tout d’abord, par le renforcement des facteurs d'appel