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HRH Princess Lalla Meryem and French President François Hollande chaired here on Wednesday the opening of the exhibition “Splendours of writing in Morocco, rare and unpublished manuscripts”, which is held from March 22 to April 6 under the patronage of HM King Mohammed VI.

Canadian authorities on Tuesday 21 march 2017 reported a surge of asylum seekers crossing illegally from the U.S. in the first two months of the year. The new statistics show that the total remains small, but the number of people detained is growing and is nearly half of the illegal entries reported in all of 2016.

The French-Moroccan association « Les deux Rives » (Amiens-Picardy) organized recently an exhibition of the book “Moroccans, migrants and travelers” published by the Council of the Moroccan Community living Abroad (CCME) during the « Moroccan week » in the city of Amiens.

The Council of the Moroccan Community living Abroad (CCME) and the French Ministry of Education signed recently a convention in the city of Dreux for the publishing of a book based testimonies of aged moroccan soldiers gathered by young students of the city.

There was an outstanding turnout in the Dutch elections which took place on 15 march 2017: 81% of the 12.9 million voters went to the polls and largely elected Mark Rutte’s Liberal party (VVD). The liberal party is followed by the Democratic Christian Party (CDA), the Social Democratic Party (D66), and the PVV, the populist and anti-Muslim party of Geert Wilders. The Green-left Party of Jesse Klaver -close to the PVDA (partij van de Arbeid)- could also be part of the future coalition.

In this weeks election (NDLR 15 march 2017), voters in Holland have to try and make sense of promises made by 28 parties and choose their future against a backdrop of a violent diplomatic dispute with Turkey, growing irritation with the EU, and increasingly populist politics worldwide.

HM King Mohammed VI called on lovers of peace, life and tolerance to rise up against the dissemination of fanaticism and obscurantism.

Some 18,281 applications for regularization of irregular migrants have been filed in Morocco since the launch of the 2nd phase of this operation until March 8, Minister for Moroccans Living Abroad and Migration Affairs, Anis Birou, said.

Mrs Mina  Rhouch is a doctor deeply involved in the spanish civil society, particularly in Sevilla where she lives. Her sphere of action: helping the most vulnerable migrants, especially women and minors.

UNSG Antonio Guterres named on Thursday Moroccan Najat Rochdi as Deputy Special Representative for the United Nations Integrated Multidimensional Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), where she will serve as UN resident coordinator, humanitarian coordinator in the country, as well as UNDP resident representative.