Several Moroccan nationals, surprised by government decisions to suspend flights to or from certain countries, are stranded here and there across the world. The stranded, caught off guard by a decision as quick as it was unexpected, some of them found themselves in a deplorable situation.
Visitors or expatriates, they cannot join or return to Morocco for their own reasons. One being stuck in a distant land and therefore a desire to be repatriated while the other has this desire to share a holy month with his family.
Moroccans trapped in Turkey, desperate in the face of “marginalization and indifference” to which they claim to be the object and in view of the “difficult conditions” in which they have been living for nearly two months, numbering more than 200, even challenged the Sovereign through a letter of petition to help them. They complain in particular about their situation and the living conditions which are deteriorating day by day.
Many Moroccan nationals stranded, were not on vacation, but on work missions, business trips or for health reasons. The connection with the Moroccan consulate in Turkey is not done in good conditions they complain and those who manage to slip through the cracks of the net are at the cost of several thousand kilometers, transit and stopovers in the other side of the planet, which is not within the reach of everyone because it is long and expensive.
The Moroccan authorities have indicated that they want to extend the closure of the borders to Turkey until April 12, that is to say in a week. Until then and unless a decision to the contrary is made, the Kingdom should take into account the situation of Moroccans in distress, so to speak, stuck in Turkey and Egypt and requesting special flights to return to Morocco.
There are several hundred Moroccan nationals (women, pregnant, children, men, and the elderly or sick…) between these two countries who are often stranded without resources or support for each to their own. It is also this other apprehension, to see the government decision include other countries. This also worries the diaspora and particularly with regard to Ramadan, a month when many of our compatriots prefer to spend with their families in Morocco.
