Moroccan seasonal workers in Huelva will be repatriated by sea as of Saturday, the embassy of Morocco in Madrid has announced in a release. The repatriation plan, in collaboration with the Spanish government and the Autonomous Community of Andalusia, will be launched, as of Saturday July 18. Some 7,100 seasonal Moroccan workers, who took part in the agricultural campaign in Huelva, as part of the circular migration program between the two countries, will thus be repatriated. Meanwhile, Morocco’s flag carrier RAM started on Wednesday its special flights Program, after adapting it to the conditions imposed by the government in the framework of the authorization of air and sea travel between the Kingdom and the rest of the world under specific conditions. So far, 25 return flights have been scheduled, servicing in particular European, North African and African destinations.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 16, 2020 13:41 UTC