King Mohammed VI Gives Orders to Improve Travel for Expatriate Moroccans

King Mohammed VI issued instructions today via the Royal Office that seeks to facilitate easier travel for Moroccans returning home this travel season. 

According to the statement, King Mohammed VI gave his orders to the Mohammed V Foundation for Solidarity, which has a large role in coordinating travel arrangements for Moroccans that wish to return home. 

The foundation works with the Moroccans Living Abroad (MRE) office during Operation Marhaba to assist Moroccans by providing travel and accommodation aid, medical care, and other essential services.   

The improvements to these various systems “aims to facilitate, during the crossing, all administrative, customs and health formalities” for the massive amounts of Moroccans that will soon be returning. 

Besides the Mohammed V Foundation, King Mohammed VI also specifically requested “diplomatic and consular representations,” representing Morocco abroad, “to facilitate all the consular and administrative steps required,” to make the entry process as seamless as possible for both “Moroccan fellow-citizens and the foreigners wishing to visit Morocco.”

National airlines Royal Air Maroc have already announced its plans to improve travel in coordination with the royal decree. The company released a pricing list for airfare between Morocco and several places including Turkey, Europe, the US, and Egypt. 

The new price list drops the price significantly during the peak travel season, and will be in effect from June 15 to September 30. Ticket pricing will depend on location, as well as family size. A family of four will be able to pay just 97 Euros per round trip ticket from Europe. 

Additionally, Royal Air Maroc announced it would be mobilizing 3 million seats for the MRE, according to local news sources. 

Summertime is a peak period of migratory travel for Morocco, with millions of Moroccans and foreigners travelling into and out of the country. 

King Mohammed VI has made it clear that he would like both air travel and maritime industries to ensure they are charging “reasonable prices that are within everyone's reach,” especially as many more Moroccans are expected to return after the pandemic cancelled Operation Marhaba plans last year.

source: moroccoworldnews