Morocco is suspending until further notice all flights to and from the United Kingdom, Germany and the Netherlands amid rising coronavirus infections in those countries.
The new restriction will come into force just before midnight Wednesday, the North African kingdom's airports authority said.
In a tweet, national carrier Royal Air Maroc said the move was due to "the pandemic situation." It did not provide further detail.
Read more at:
Morocco suspends flights from the UK over fears of Covid surge
The Future Is Here Today
Where Business, Nature and Leisure Provide An Ideal Setting For Living
Showing posts with label Morocco. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Morocco. Show all posts
October 20, 2021
November 21, 2016
Morocco: COP22: 16-Year-Old Moroccan Girl Delivers Fantastic Gripping Speech in Front of World Leaders - by Ghita Benslimane
As a “Representative of the Moroccan Youth,” Meryem Mawhoub was invited
to deliver a speech at a COP22 event in Marrakech, which has been taking
place from November 7 and ended on Saturday, November 18.
After a short introduction by COP22
President and Foreign Affairs Minister Salaheddine Mezouar, Meryem
delivered the speech in flawless English in front of hundreds of COP22
attendees, including many heads of state as well as his majesty King
Mohamed VI.
In her speech, Meryem said the following: “Like two billion young people my age, I aspire, after finishing my studies, to work in service of my country and of my fellow human beings […] For me, my generation, and future generations. A number amongst the multitude of available data outlines a huge challenge.”
“According to the Human Rights Committee on the Rights of the Child, composed by international and independent experts, air pollution has killed 600,000 children under the age of 5 since 2013. It’s up to you and to us to put a decisive end to such situations, and it is within our reach if the great wisdom which we showed last year in Paris is staying alive and if the watchfulness of the citizens of the world does not falter,” she continued.
Read more: COP22: 16-Year-Old Moroccan Girl Delivers Speech in Front of World Leaders
In her speech, Meryem said the following: “Like two billion young people my age, I aspire, after finishing my studies, to work in service of my country and of my fellow human beings […] For me, my generation, and future generations. A number amongst the multitude of available data outlines a huge challenge.”
“According to the Human Rights Committee on the Rights of the Child, composed by international and independent experts, air pollution has killed 600,000 children under the age of 5 since 2013. It’s up to you and to us to put a decisive end to such situations, and it is within our reach if the great wisdom which we showed last year in Paris is staying alive and if the watchfulness of the citizens of the world does not falter,” she continued.
Read more: COP22: 16-Year-Old Moroccan Girl Delivers Speech in Front of World Leaders
January 23, 2016
Refugee Crisis: The EU’s Turkey Connection -Turkey is not living up to the bargain - by Holger Schmieding
Turkey matters. But Europe has to tread carefully as Turkey itself is
in a precarious situation. I see a good chance that Europe
(specifically Germany) and Turkey can work out a deal that will lead to a
slower flow of refugees from Turkey into Greece.
One year ago, almost all eyes were on Russia and its war against Ukraine. Now, Europe’s attention needs to focus more on Turkey.
Almost as in the case of Russia, Europe may not like the government it has to deal with. But it has to deal with it nonetheless.
Last year, Turkey allowed 800,000 refugees to cross into Greece, mostly in the second half of the year. At the same time, the stream of boat people from northern Africa into Spain or Italy, which had made headlines earlier on, played a much smaller role.
This shows that, if transit countries police their sea borders, as Morocco and Mauritania have done in the past two years with some crucial support from Spain, the inflow of refugees can be reduced significantly.
Turkey itself is in a precarious position driven by significant domestic tensions. As a mostly Sunni country, it could become a more frequent target for IS terrorists from next door.
That risk has increased since Turkey seems to have hardened its initially rather permissive stance toward support for IS.
The conflict with the strong Kurdish minority in Turkey’s southeast has flared up badly again. Protests of the urban middle class against the authoritarian tendencies of President Recep Erdogan may easily erupt again as well.
With a current account deficit of 5% of GDP, Turkey’s economy is vulnerable to sudden capital outflows. Serious trouble within Turkey, a country with some 80 million inhabitants, would be a nightmare scenario for Europe.
Read more: Refugee Crisis: The EU’s Turkey Connection - The Globalist
One year ago, almost all eyes were on Russia and its war against Ukraine. Now, Europe’s attention needs to focus more on Turkey.
Almost as in the case of Russia, Europe may not like the government it has to deal with. But it has to deal with it nonetheless.
Last year, Turkey allowed 800,000 refugees to cross into Greece, mostly in the second half of the year. At the same time, the stream of boat people from northern Africa into Spain or Italy, which had made headlines earlier on, played a much smaller role.
This shows that, if transit countries police their sea borders, as Morocco and Mauritania have done in the past two years with some crucial support from Spain, the inflow of refugees can be reduced significantly.
Turkey itself is in a precarious position driven by significant domestic tensions. As a mostly Sunni country, it could become a more frequent target for IS terrorists from next door.
That risk has increased since Turkey seems to have hardened its initially rather permissive stance toward support for IS.
The conflict with the strong Kurdish minority in Turkey’s southeast has flared up badly again. Protests of the urban middle class against the authoritarian tendencies of President Recep Erdogan may easily erupt again as well.
With a current account deficit of 5% of GDP, Turkey’s economy is vulnerable to sudden capital outflows. Serious trouble within Turkey, a country with some 80 million inhabitants, would be a nightmare scenario for Europe.
Read more: Refugee Crisis: The EU’s Turkey Connection - The Globalist
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)