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Monthly Archives: February 2021
Morocco to Launch Online Platform to Improve Services for Moroccan Diaspora
Rabat – The deputy minister in charge of Moroccans living abroad, Nezha El Ouafi, has announced the launch of an online platform designed to improve administrative services for the Moroccan diaspora.
The platform will give Moroccans living abroad access to many services, including those related to passport renewal, tax payment, and civil status.
Speaking during an oral questions session at the Parliament on February 8, El Ouafi announced that the platform is ready and that it will be made available to all national embassies.
She said the initiative is the first of its kind and that many national institutions have contributed to its success.
El Ouafi also emphasized that a network of over 600 lawyers will offer Moroccan diaspora their government-paid assistance in legal issues. She also noted that the ministry has set up a call center whose primary function is to redirect calls to Moroccan embassies and consulates. The center can receive up to 8,000 calls a day.
Alluding to the event that took place in Las Palmas, where hundreds of Spaniards protested against the increasing numbers of Moroccan immigrants, the Moroccan official emphasized that more than 108 embassies and 50 consulates work continuously to offer innovative solutions to issues facing Moroccans living abroad.
The digital platform, which is set to be available in the coming weeks, is in line with the ministry’s efforts to digitize its services, stressed El Ouafi. The website will also serve as a follow-up to the online platform “Bladifqalbi” that the ministry launched on January 25.
Read also: Morocco Launches Digital Platform To Strengthen Communication With Its Diaspora
“Bladifqalbi” aims to strengthen communication between the government and Moroccans living abroad. It also seeks to serve as a space for suggestions, as well as sharing ideas and experiences to maintain or reinforce Moroccan disapora’s attachment to Morocco. The government initiatives come as authorities acknowledge the crucial contributions of the diaspora to the Moroccan economy.
The World Bank’s 2019 Migration and Remittances report which indicates that remittances from Moroccans living abroad contributed to Morocco’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 6.2% in 2018.
Most recently, Moroccans living abroad increased by 4% their financial transfers to Morocco at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic throughout 2020, according to statistics from the Moroccan government. For El Ouafi, this increase in remittances during an unprecedented health crisis highlights the diaspora’s commitment to national solidarity and prosperity.
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Moroccan Seasonal Farmers Participate in French Harvests

More than 250 Moroccan seasonal harvesters arrived in France on Tuesday to participate in France’s upcoming harvesting season.
This will be the third harvesting operation organized since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This season, Moroccan seasonal workers will mainly participate in harvesting clementines in Upper-Corsica (Haute-Corse) and in the South-East region of France.
Didier Leschier, the director of the French Office for Immigration and Integration (OFII) announced on Monday February 7, that workers will be subject to PCR tests prior to their arrival, during their work periods, and at the end of the harvest season.
In fact, the OFII provided PCR tests to the 250 workers in Casablanca, as well as a second test upon their arrival to France.
Authorities advise travelers to take PCR tests 72 hours before departure as part of the preventive policy against the spread of COVID-19.
The workers will then remain in quarantine for a week before receiving a third PCR test to start working in the fields.
“Moroccan workers are highly qualified and hard to replace. They have been coming to France for years and are vital to our agriculture” Leschier announced to French media.
In March 2019, French crops suffered a shortage of Moroccan workers due to COVID-19 related travel restrictions.
Between October and December 2019, a total of 900 Moroccan seasonal farmers departed for the South of France.
As part of France’s policy to protect Moroccan seasonal workers, French police recently dismantled a network of illegally hired Moroccan farmers in Tarn-et-Garonne.
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Farmer protests warrant Modi’s concern

The farmer’s protest constitutes the largest and most sustained mass protest that Modi has faced since being re-elected with a landslide majority in 2019.
K.K.K. Member Who Drove Into Protesters Gets More Than 3 Years in Prison – The New York Times
Ukraine Releases ‘Shock’ Call With Giuliani As Trump’s Impeachment Trial Begins | Time
Igor Novikov, who served as a close adviser to Zelensky during Trump’s first impeachment, says he is willing to assist an ongoing federal investigation of Giuliani that is reportedly underway in New York, as well as a separate effort to strip Giuliani of his license to practice law. Zelensky’s government has taken legal action against Giuliani’s Ukrainian associates. And they have opened up to the media about the pressure campaign mounted by Trump and his allies. On Feb. 3, Novikov sent TIME a transcript of the Giuliani call, whose accuracy TIME has independently verified. Source: Ukraine Releases ‘Shock’ Call With Giuliani As Trump’s Impeachment Trial Begins | Time
Final Thoughts On The ‘Insurrection’
I apologize this draft has been hiding in my queue…..but it still has some validity.
Final that is unless there is some important breaking news….then I will write.
I let my thoughts be known after the attack on the Capitol with several posts….for those that would like to check those thoughts out……
After all the grief I took during my protest days in the 70s…..all the name calling such insults as ‘pinko’….I nor anyone with my group ever considered storming the Capitol and inflicting damage or harm to the staff and government offices.
I want the readers to ALWAYS remember the insurrection…..
Among the unique characteristics of American politics is our capacity to forget the unpleasant and inconvenient.
After a sitting president burgled his opponent’s headquarters and then tried to sack his entire Justice Department, his successor pardoned him in the service of…
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Sharify makes it super simple to rediscover your city’s social side | TechCrunch
Sharify is a startup that reckons it can help with the weird flatness of pandemic city living. It’s a real-time events app (iOS and Android) that wants to bring back a little of the serendipitous joy of urban living by making it easier to discovery things going on around you — maybe even just a few blocks away. To do this it’s combined real-time event listings with a map view (via the medium of emoji-style icons plus filters) to quickly and cheerfully surround you with stuff that’s happening in the vicinity. Source: Sharify makes it super simple to rediscover your city’s social side | TechCrunch
COVID vaccine appointments: CVS, Walgreens, pharmacies start process
After weeks of vaccine distribution being largely limited to hospitals, health systems and local health departments, COVID-19 vaccines are poised to roll out at major pharmacies throughout the country, including the nation’s two largest chains, CVS and Walgreens.
While state-determined eligibility and availability will remain limited for the time being, experts say they’re hopeful that the nation’s established network of pharmacies will help speed up distribution amid consternation over the pace of the rollout so far.
“I have no doubt” that it will, said Bunny Ellerin, director of the Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Management Program at Columbia Business School.
She said that the major pharmacy chains are especially well-suited to handle the distribution campaign because they manage flu vaccinations for millions of Americans annually, giving them expertise that pop-up sites might lack.
Source: COVID vaccine appointments: CVS, Walgreens, pharmacies start process
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