Mr.Abdellatif Jouahiri, the Governor of Banque du Maroc, held a press conference in Rabat 17 December 2024. He addressed the impact of a European memorandum that requires foreign banks operating in Europe to establish local branches that are subject to European regulations, on Moroccan banks operating in European countries, especially on remittances of the Moroccan diaspora.

Le 19 décembre 2024, l'Italie a de nouveau mené la charge contre l'immigration irrégulière en réunissant des dirigeants européens à Bruxelles, lors du sommet européen.

Beijing - Moroccan scientist Rachid Yazami has recently been granted a new patent in China for his method of rapidly charging lithium batteries, particularly for electric vehicles.

To mark International Migrants Day on 18 December, UN Secretary-General António Guterres underlined migrants' importance and praised their essential contributions to economies and communities across the world. In his message, the UN Secretary-General also called attention to the considerable challenges they face, including widespread prejudice, discriminatory attitudes, violence and human trafficking. Injustices exacerbated by misinformation and hate speech, which fuels divisions and distorts perceptions of migrants.

An inspirational journey shaped by his Moroccan roots

Born to a father from the Moroccan city of Oujda, Ayman Ramdani was raised with values based on resilience and solidarity. After the loss of his father, who was an orphan and a pillar of his inspiration, he left a promising career in the corporate world to set up Play4Peace in his father's memory.

On the sidelines of the 13th annual international conference of the Policy Center for the New South (PCNS) "The Atlantic Dialogues", Ms Vallaud-Belkacem, former French Minister of Education, in an interview with MAP, said: ‘What I have noticed recently is that more and more Moroccans living abroad are deciding to come back and settle in Morocco’. And she added: ‘This reflects the country's development, its influence and the increasingly important place it occupies on the international stage".

Commemorating the 76ᵉ anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights, the Moroccan Organisation for Human Rights (OMDH) has reiterated its commitment to migrants and asylum seekers’ rights in Morocco. At a conference held on 11 December in Oujda, attended by its President, Idrissi Hassan, and members of its Legal Assistance Centre, the OMDH outlined recommendations to reinforce the rights protection measures for migrants and asylum seekers.

To celebrate International Human Rights Day, the “Centre de Développement de la Région Tensift (CDRT)”, in partnership with the Ministry of Justice and family of the late Ahmed Chaouki Benyoub, is holding a national conference on "Human Rights Culture: Visions, Testimonies and Challenges".The conference will take place on Saturday 14 December 2024 at 3.30pm in the Conference Room of the Club de la Justice in Marrakech. A tribute will be paid to the late Ahmed Chaouki Benyoub, a leading figure in Moroccan human rights activism.

Rabat - Morocco is a champion country of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, thanks to its commitment to saving lives and implementing coordinated efforts to prevent migrants from going missing, Chief of Mission at the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Morocco, Laura Palatini, said in Rabat on Wednesday 11 december 2024.

The Sheikh Hamad Prize for Translation and International Understanding, which took place in Doha on Tuesday 10 December 2024, awarded four Moroccans.

A ceremony was held on 9 December 2024 in the town of Fréland, near Colmar (Alsace, eastern France), to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the town from Nazi occupation. Tribute was paid to the Moroccan goumiers who sacrificed their lives for the freedom of France.

Under the High Patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, the Euro-Mediterranean University of Fez's meetings on the Alliance of Civilisations are being held on 6 and 7 December 2024, on the theme ‘Rebuilding trust and improving the state of the world’.

Spain's Secretary of State for Migration, Pilar Cancela Rodriguez hailed on Wednesday 04 December 2024 the "close cooperation" with Morocco in managing migration flows.

The Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) of the Netherlands has published a report on the social and financial difficulties facing Moroccans in the country. The report highlights the obstacles encountered by the Moroccan community in their daily lives, including the language barriers, their social isolation and unemployment.

Paris - On the sidelines of the bi-annual conference for Consuls General, held by Morocco and supported by the Kingdom's Embassy in France, senior officials from the Ministries of the Interior and Foreign Affairs, including the co-chairs of the Morocco-France Permanent Joint Migration Group (GMMP), held an unprecedented meeting at the Chancellery on Friday 30 November 2024, at the invitation of the Kingdom of Morocco.

To celebrate its 10th anniversary, the Eugène Delacroix Circle, an association of French elected representatives of Moroccan descent, organized, on Thursday 28 November 2024 in the French Senate in Paris, the 3rd France-Maroc Electors Forum on the theme: “Ecological Transformation in Territorial Regions: Cross-cutting Visions’: Crossed Visions”.

De Nederlandse Instituut in Marokko (NIMAR), in partnership with the Council for the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME), announces the second edition of its monthly literary series, Café Littéraire. This initiative celebrates the voices and stories of Moroccan-Dutch literary figures.

The Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME) is supporting the Documentary film ‘Les 1001 jours du Hajj Edmond’ by French-Moroccan director Simone Bitton. The documentary will be screened on 30 November 2024 at the Palais des Congrès, as part of the Marrakech International Film Festival (FIFM).

Mr. Driss El Yazami, President of the Council for the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME), talks about the importance of the cinematographic representation of immigration. This interview was part of the seminar on “Images, cinema and migration”, organised by the CCME -15th november 2024- during the Agadir Film and Migration Festival.

Rachid Benzine, French-Moroccan novelist, dramatist and Islamic scholar, has been awarded the Grand Prix du Roman Métis 2024 for the book "Le silence des pères" published in 2023 by Seuil.The award will be handed out on December 3, 2024.