Spain will legalize 300.000 undocumented immigrants per year over the next three years. According to Spain’s officials, the reform is a response to a need in the labor market, specifically in agriculture, construction and services.

Rabat - His Majesty King Mohammed VI, may God assist Him, delivered, on Wednesday evening, a speech to His faithful people on the occasion of the 49th anniversary of the glorious Green March.

The Maison de la Diaspora held its second Diaspora Talks on November 7, 2024, on the theme of “Desire for Morocco vs. desire of the diaspora”.

The CCME is organizing on 15th November 2024 a seminar on the theme: “Images, cinema and migration” during the 20th edition of the Agadir International Film and Migration Festival, with two round tables. The themes scheduled for the 2 panels are: “The Migrant as Represented by the Other through Cinema”, featuring the participation of Ms Naïma Huber-Yahi, Mr Hakim Belabess, Mr Mamoun Smihi and Mr Ricard Zapata Barrero.

His Majesty King Mohammed VI decided to usher a new transformation in the management of the affairs of the Moroccan community abroad, with the aim of strengthening the ties between this fringe of the population and their motherland.

Supported by the Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME, the Institut Français du Maroc (IFM) is hosting a retrospective of seven documentaries by Moroccan filmmaker Dalila Nader from 7 November to 14 December 2024 in different Moroccan cities. The events will be attended by the director's daughter and family members.

Morocco is the guest of honour at the 43rd edition of the Sharjah International Book Fair, which will be held from 6 to 17 November 2024 at the Sharjah Expo Centre in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates, through its central crisis unit, and the Moroccan consular services in the Spanish regions affected by the floods, are mobilized to provide assistance to Moroccan nationals living in the areas affected by this natural disaster, which hit the south-east of the country.

Sochepress éditions and the Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME) publish the book "رحمة : الطريق نحو حريتي " (Rahma : the path to my freedom) by the Moroccan-dutch author Rahma El Mouden. The book, which has been translated from Dutch into Arabic, is available in Libraries and online book stores in Morocco and abroad, to make it more easily available to Moroccans throughout the world.

The Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME) is supporting the 4th edition of the Marrakech Photography Encounters, to be held from 23 to 27 October 2024, according to a joint press release issued by the Ministry of Youth, Culture and Communication, the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (ICESCO) and the municipality of Marrakech.

Mr. Driss El Yazami, president of the Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME) took part at the seminar on innovation and economic competitiveness at the second edition of the National Day of Industry, organized in Benguerir under the High Patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, on Wednesday 16 October 2024. The event was organised by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the General Federation of Moroccan Enterprises (FGME) under the theme: “A strategy for the future”.

Mr. Driss El Yazami, President of the Council for the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME), will be taking part in the closing ceremony of the DIMOBEL (Digital Moroccan Belgian Entrepreneurship Lab) project on 17 October 2024 on the campus of the ESCA École de Management in Casablanca (Casa Finance City).

The Migration and Development Association (M&D) and the Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME) are organising a national seminar on 10 October 2024 in Agadir on the theme: “The Contribution of Moroccans to Local Development”.

A collective exhibition entitled “Moussem Belgique - Histoires à travers les frontiers” kicked off at the “Galerie d'art contemporain Mohamed Drissi” in Tangiers centre on Friday 4 October 2024, marking a series of cultural and artistic events commemorating the 60th anniversary to the signing of the Morocco-Belgium bilateral labour agreement.

The CCME is supporting ‘Moussem Belgica - International Stories’, organised by the Centre nomade des arts, Moussem, to be held in Tangiers from 4 to 25 October 2024 and in Oujda from 1 to 30 November 2024.

Under the high patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, on 5 October 2024 Rabat is hosting the sixth edition of the “Festival Littératures itinérantes on the theme of literature and memories”.

The conference founded by Nada Nadif in 2019 is being organized by N4HT by Nada NADIFe in partnership with the Mohammed V University of Rabat & the CIRPEC and will be held on Saturday 28 September 2024 in Rabat.

The Catalan version of the publication entitled Homenatge a Ahmed Ghazali, a tribute to the late Ahmed Ghazali, was recently published and presented at a ceremony held in Barcelona on 14 September 2024 in memory of the late Ahmed Ghazali.The ceremony was attended by his family, colleagues and friends, including Driss El Yazami, Chairman of the Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME).

Mr Driss El Yazami, President of the Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME), attended a ceremony in the Spanish city of Barcelona on 14 September 2024, to pay tribute to the late Ahmed Ghazali, who passed away on 26 July 2024 in Laâyoune.

« Ils ont choisi la France” (Ed Nouveau Monde) tells the story of five iconic black American figures that shaped the twentieth century's world cultural scene: author James Baldwin, musicians Nina Simone and Miles Davis, film director Melvin Van Peebles and singer Joséphine Baker, who left the United States in search of a better life in France.

The novel ‘The Fortress of Tears’ by Moroccan writer Abdallah Taïa is in the running for the Prix littéraire awarded by the newspaper Le Monde to the best work of fiction of the new literary season in France. The award was created in 2013.

The Dar Al-Aman publishing house in the city of Rabat has recently published a translation into Arabic of “Le Ciel sans detours” (Gallimard), a novel by the French-Moroccan novelist and poet Kebir Mustapha Kébir Ammi, originally published in French in 2007.

The sixth edition of the Festival of Moroccans of the World will take place from 11 to 14 August 2024 in Imilchil, with support from the Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME). Its theme will be "Moroccans of the World and local authorities: a partnership for development".

Mr Driss El Yazami, President of the Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME), has taken part to the official launching of the 15th edition of the Summer University for Young Moroccans Living Abroad, which is organised by the Moroccan expatriates section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Abroad, and held from 6 to 14 July 2024, in Tangier.

Speaking at the opening ceremony of the summer university, Mr El Yazmi pointed out to the young people in attendance that they are part of a pluralistic country that has a long history and a deep-rooted monarchy, and whose migration has taken place over more than a century, unlike the generally accepted idea in the countries where they live.

The CCME President outlined the most important phases in the history of Moroccan migration, which began in the mid-19th century with the enlistment of thousands of Moroccans - mainly from the Souss region - in the First World War to fight alongside the French army to free France from occupation and work in the fields and factories of France. He also emphasised the contribution of Moroccan migrants in shaping Moroccan culture during the 20th century, whether in terms of cinema, literature or music, and their contribution to Moroccan political life.

He added that, given the competitive strategies being pursued by European countries to attract human resources, the Kingdom of Morocco also needs to capitalise on the expertise of its diaspora.

He stressed that Morocco had been one of the first countries to develop a policy aimed at its community abroad, adding that this particularity explained the strong relationship that Moroccans maintain with their country of residence, as well as the deep-rootedness and full integration of Moroccans in their country of residence.

In this regard, he recalled the constitutional chapters dealing with Moroccans in the 2011 Constitution, in particular Article 16, which refers to this dual dynamic and stipulates that the State " is committed to strengthening their contribution to developing their homeland, Morocco, and to strengthening the bonds of friendship and cooperation with the governments and societies of the countries where they live...".

Mr El Yazami then told the young participants at the summer university that "the great social challenge facing you and us is to make the Moroccan community abroad a bridge of friendship, cooperation, tolerance and the development of human rights values".

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Skill-UP 24, the 6th edition of the Summer University in Aeronautics, is taking place at the Ecole Supérieure de Technologie in Laayoune, with Moroccan and foreign academics and engineers. As well as transferring knowledge and developing new skills and expertise, the aim of this new initiative is to foster the emergence of a forum for exchanges between the elderly and people with physical or mental disabilities.

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Spain's former Prime Minister, said that the Gnaoua Festival of Essaouira, with its cultural tradition, is playing an important role as a lever for peace, in a speech at the opening of the 11th Human Rights Forum at the Gnawa and World Music Festival, organised in partnership with the Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME) on the theme "Morocco-Spain-Portugal: A history with a promising future".

"In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful,

In partnership with the Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME), the 11th edition of the Human Rights Forum, which is being held in parallel with the Gnawa and World Music Festival under the theme "Morocco, Spain and Portugal, a history with a promising future", opened in Essaouira on Friday 28 June 2024.

Mr. Driss El Yazami, the president of the Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME), was the guest host of the meeting "Moroccans of the world facing new challenges and changes" organized by the Accredited Journalists Club of Morocco (CJAM),Tuesday, June 25, 2024, at the Café La Seine of the Hiba Foundation in Rabat.

The North American Network of Moroccan Experts in Aeronautics (EMAN Aerospace), Ibnou Zohr University (UIZ), the Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME) and the National Scientific and Technical Research Centre (CNRST) through the program "International Forum of Moroccan Skills Abroad" (FINCOME), are holding the 6th edition of the "SKILL-UP" Summer University in Aeronautics, taking place this year in Agadir at the Souss Massa Innovation City (24-29 June) and in Laayoune at the “École Supérieure de Technologie'' (1-6 July) on the theme "Moroccan skills from here and elsewhere. Together we can help develop advanced aeronautical know-how in Morocco''.

Driss El Yazami, President of the Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad, is the special guest of the "Club of Journalists Accredited to Morocco" for a "carte blanche" discussion on the theme "Moroccans around the World Facing New Changes and Challenges", to be held in Rabat on 25 June 2004.

For its 11th edition, the Human Rights Forum organised by the Gnaoua and World Music Festival is taking place under the theme "Morocco, Spain, Portugal: A history with a future", Friday 28 and Saturday 29 June 2024 at the Hotel Atlas in Essaouira.

Moroccan author Zineb Mekouar received the prize for the best novel awarded by readers and bookstores in Paris on Tuesday 18 June 2024 from the leading French publishing house "Points" for her novel "La poule et son cumin".

With the support of the Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME), the Polo del 900 Cultural Centre will be hosting a performance of the play “Pietra Alta” in the city of Turin, on Wednesday 12 June 2024. The play is written and directed by Abdelmadjid El Fergie, a Moroccan journalist and theatre director living in Italy.

The Northern African migration was the main theme of a meeting organized Thursday 6 June by the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) of the Oxford university. The panel moderated by Moroccan-British Myriam Chetrit, included Mr Driss El Yazami, the president of the Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME), Dr Katharina Natter professor at the Dutch Universiteit van Leiden and M. Michael Collyer, professor at the university of Sussex.

Mr Driss el Yazami, president of the Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME) participates, June 6 2024, to a discussion on the theme: “Migration governance in the Mediterranean Region: Setting a new agenda”.

Under the effective presidency of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, The Mohammed V Foundation of Solidarity is launching the 24th Marhaba Operation for welcoming Moroccans living abroad, which is held each year from 5 June to 15 September.

The Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME) is supporting the 1st High Level Forum on Artificial Intelligence on the theme “Artificial Intelligence as a lever for development in Africa”, which commenced on Monday 3 June in Rabat at the campus of the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University in (Rabat UM6P).

On Saturday June 1st, the 30th edition of “Maghreb des livres” opened its doors at the Hôtel de Ville in Paris (France), with the “The Moroccan Letters” as guest of honor. This edition is organised by the "Coup de Soleil" Association in partnership with the City of Paris and the support of the Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME). The meeting is focused on “Moroccan literature” with numerous Moroccan authors, writers, researchers and artists during the two-day event.

The capital of France will be hosting its 30th "Maghreb des livres" from June 1 to 2, 2024. The cultural event is being organised with support from the Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME).

The sixth edition of the Trophées Marocains du Monde (TMM), organized in partnership with the Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME), will be held from May 23 to 26 in Marrakech, and will feature the presence of eminent figures from the Moroccan diaspora from a variety of spheres.

The President of the Council for the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME), Mr Driss El Yazami, will be taking part in the 30th anniversary of the Orient-Occident Foundation in Rabat on Thursday 23 May 2024. The Foundation is a Moroccan non-profit organization founded in 1994 and granted public interest status in 1996.

On Saturday 18 May 2024 in Brussels, several Moroccan-Belgian professionals who have distinguished themselves in various areas were honoured at the 11th Diwan Awards, organised in partnership with the Council for the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME) to reward the excellence of Moroccan-Belgian professionals.

A forum exploring means of protecting and integrating Moroccan and migrant minors was held on Tuesday 21 May 2024 in Tetouan, initiated by the Child Protection and Family Awareness Association (APIASF), in cooperation with the municipality of Tetouan.

The Movida LMI and the Center for Global Studies at Rabat International University (UIR) are organising a workshop from 20 to 22 May 2024, in partnership with the Collectif des communautés subsahariennes au Maroc (CCSM) and the Réseau Marocain des journalistes des Migrations (RMJM), on how to provide information on migration and deconstruct prejudices and preconceptions.