The European Commission had received from seven Italian associations about the practices of the French police against minor migrants, reported the British Newspaper The Guardian. Indeed, these NGOs have accused the French police for falsifying the dates of birth of minor migrants, making them pass for adults, in order to be able to return them to the border with Italy. Cited by Le Point which quotes The Guardian, the said associations have alerted the European Commission and the
A former miner in northern France, Abdallah Samate has been fighting for almost thirty years to prove to the world the discrimination Moroccan labourers were subjected to in the 80s.
MP Mustapha Laabid (LREM) announced that the France-Morocco friendship, a group he is heading, will organize at the beginning of May at the National Assembly an evening party to support Morocco’s bid to host the 2026 World Cup, reports Atlasinfo. The French Football Federation and the President of the National Assembly, François de Rugy, will participate in the event. «I am organizing in the National Assembly at the beginning of May an evening party to support the Moroccan
Because of an injury, Moroccan footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for SM Caen on loan from Monaco Youssef Ait Bennasser has only eight days to convince Atlas Lions’ manager Hervé Renard to include him in his World Cup squad, reports the BBC. The 21-year-old player got wounded during a game he played with the French team last month. «Youssef will be out for five weeks and should be ready for the Monaco match (6 May),» said Caen coach Patrice Garande. Ait
On Thursday morning, a stolen car tried to ram French soldiers near Varces (Isère), reports Le Dauphiné libéré, quoting sources close to the file. No one was injured in the attempted attack, said the same source, adding that the police is looking for the assailant who is on the run. Quoted by the newspaper, the public prosecutor in Grenoble, Jean-Yves Coquillat, said that «we must remain cautious regarding the motives of the attacker». An investigation
A Moroccan imam, settled down in Torcy, was arrested on the 28th of March in front of his house, reports Europe 1. He will be «expelled to Morocco on the same day». The arrestee identified as Mohammed Tlaghi, an imam at the Rahma mosque in Torcy, was arrested after a request for expulsion was issued by the Ministry of Interior «because of his radical sermons», said Le Parisien. The Rahma mosque was closed on April the 10th 2017, after being considered as «a
The French-Moroccan boxer Ahmed El Mousaoui celebrated on Saturday, March 24 in Marseille, his 28th victory after defeating Hungarian boxer Gabor Gorbics, announced El Moussaoui on his facebook account on Sunday. The 28-year-old boxer is one of the best welterweight boxers in Europe. He is originally from Nador. On October 14, 2016, he won his unanimous fight against a former IBF World Champion, Mexican Carlos Molina. On March the 31, 2017, he defeated Igor Faniyan. Meanwhile, Moroccan
A friend of Radouane Lakdim, the hostage-taker who killed 4 and injured several people in a terror attack, was put in custody on Friday for around 19 hours for belonging to a terrorist organization, said Le Monde. On Friday night, a second individual was also arrested for the same count, informed the Paris prosecutor. According to a source close to the file, he is a minor born in 2000 and a friend of Radouane Lakdim. Investigations are underway to determine how the assailant got the gun he
Three people were killed and three others injured by a gunman who took several people this morning in hostage in southern France. Shot dead by the police, the hostage-taker is believed to be a French-Moroccan national inspired by ISIS.
A man is holding several people hostage in a supermarket in Trèbes, a city in southern France, BBC reports on Friday. The man inside had earlier opened fire on policemen who were jogging and injured one of them in the shoulder. The police rushed to the supermarket where the gunman was hiding. LCI announced that 2 people were killed and 12 are wounded. Officially, the anti-terrorist prosecutor’s office in Paris confirmed that two people were, indeed, killed in this