The Arab World Institute (IMA) and the Berber Museum located in the heart of the Majorelle garden in Marrakesh organized on Saturday, December 6, 2014 in Paris, a conference focused on “Moroccan Berber migrations.” Ahmed Siraj, historian and representative of the Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME), presented a historical overview of the origins and the migration waves of the Moroccan Amazigh and outlined the activities and projects undertaken by the CCME in order to promote the heritage and memory of migration. The conference was launched by Mr. Jack Lang, president of the IMA and Pierre Bergé, president of…
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We have received, with great sadness, the news of the death of Mr. Abdellah Baha, Minister of State, in a train accident in the area of Bouznika on Sunday December7th, 2014.
Moroccans living abroad (MRE) make up a financial issue and major development for Rabat, notes the Pax Christi organization in a recent study under the evocative title: “The Moroccans residing abroad, a gold mine for Rabat “.
The political participation of Moroccans living abroad in their country of origin has been the focus of a conference organized by the Justice and Development Party (PJD) –section of France-, Saturday evening in Paris.
Residents wait at the bus stop in the Ronna neighborhood, where Syrian and Iraqi refugees are concentrated in Södertalje, Sweden. The Swedish city is known for its open-door policy toward refugees, especially Christian Syrians and Iraqis. People of Middle Eastern origin make up 30,000 of the town’s 90,000 residents. (Redux/Pulitzer Center)
WASHINGTON — In a symbolic gesture of disapproval, House Republicans last week approved a bill to nullify President Barack Obama’s executive order shielding millions of immigrants in the country illegally from deportation.
DRESDEN, Germany — As it does every Advent, this history-laden city has erected the gift stalls, the glühwein stands and the Ferris wheel of Germany’s oldest Christmas market, around the Frauenkirche, the 18th-century church that was magnificently rebuilt after the Allies’ catastrophic bombing in 1945.
JERUSALEM – Israeli police have shut down around 30 nightclubs frequented by undocumented African immigrants and asylum-seekers in southern Tel Aviv, local press reports said Friday, in a macro-operation that also saw numerous arrests and confiscation of illegal substances.
Forbidden from working or sending their children to school, many immigrants struggle to survive in society’s shadows.
Rabat (Map)- An official delegation from the Moroccan House of Representatives will travel to the Netherlands in the next few days in order to review the Dutch government’s position regarding joint agreements between the two countries and their impact on the Moroccan community.