Brussels: Belgian-Moroccan political scientist and social entrepreneur Fatima Zibouh has been named “Brussels Leader of the Year” by Lobby magazine.

Each year, the Belgian magazine presents the “Lobby Awards” to “inspiring and caring leaders who show the way for the community.”

The President of the Council for the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME), Driss El Yazami, took part on 27 January 2025 in a national conference organised by the National Commission for Data Protection in support of Constitutional Values (CNDP).

The Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima region signed, in Hanover on January 24, a partnership agreement on migration and investment opportunities. This agreement aims at developing solutions to labour immigration and at enabling an effective involvement of the Moroccan community living in Lower Saxony, north-west Germany.

The French Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau, issued a new circular on 23 January 2025, toughening the conditions under which illegal immigrants can be regularised in France.

Rabat - Morocco aborted 78,685 irregular migration attempts in 2024, thanks to the resilience of its border and coastal surveillance systems, according to data from the Ministry of the Interior.

The Council for the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME), in partnership the Sochepress Foundation and the Association for Feminist Solidarity, announces a series of book meetings with the Dutch writer of Moroccan descent, Rahma El Mouden, about her book "Le chemin de ma liberté".

The Consulate General of Morocco in Montreal, Canada, officially opened its new headquarters on Wednesday 15 January 2024.

The Swedish government coalition could amend the Constitution to question dual nationality, following a report submitted by a committee on dual nationality.

The European border control agency Frontex reports that in 2024 irregular border crossings in Europe have fallen to their lowest level since 2021, a year which was impacted by the Covid pandemic.

The Moroccan embassy in the US urges Moroccan nationals residing in areas affected by the ongoing wildfires in Los Angeles, California, to follow local authorities' evacuation orders and safety guidelines.

Moroccan-Canadian author Mustapha Fahmi has published his third novel, La Beauté de Cléopâtre (La peuplade, 2025).

Each year, the "Trophées Marocains du Monde" Foundation, organiser of the event, awards a prize in recognition of exceptional figures of Moroccan descent having made a significant contribution in their fields, including arts and culture, scientific research, politics, business, sport and civil society.

In an interview with the newspaper Le Parisien on 6 January 2025, Bruno Retailleau, France's Minister of the Interior, expressed his desire to hold a referendum on immigration in France, deploring the current impossibility of doing so due to constitutional constraints.

The annual Spanish population report from the National Institute of Statistics (INE) indicates Moroccans will be the country's largest resident foreign community in 2024.

The Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad, has followed with great interest the meeting held on Tuesday, 24 December 2024 at the headquarters of the Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco under royal instruction.

The Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad, having followed with great interest the meeting held on Tuesday, 24 December 2024 at the headquarters of the Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco under royal instruction and which was dedicated to the announcement of the reforms that will concern the Family Code based on the conclusions of the commission assigned by His Majesty King Mohammed VI, may God assist him, to lead the public dialogue and draft proposals for amendments relating to the reform and review of the family legislative framework, takes with great pride the high Royal patronage given to this issue which has been essential in reaching the important proposals that have been achieved.

The Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, reshuffled his cabinet on Friday, 20 December 2024, which included eight new ministers. Among the new Cabinet members, Rachel Bendayan, a Canadian of Moroccan descent.

To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Moroccan-Belgian labour agreements, a pictorial exhibition dedicated to the Moroccan immigration in Belgium opened on 20 December 2024 in Brussels.

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.