The Ambassador of the Kingdom threatens dozens of Moroccans in China with imprisonment and deportation

Dozens of Moroccans residing in China, ending the validity of their passports and their national definitions, faces a number of problems for several months, because they were unable to renew their documents by the Moroccan embassy in Beijing.

The members of the Moroccan community, who are affected by this situation, says in a petition bearing sixty signatures, that their inability to renew their passports puts them in a confrontation with the Chinese authorities, as they pay financial fines to exceed the permissible accommodation period, which cannot be extended without having an endless passportValidity.

The suffering of the Moroccans residing in China, the validity of their passports, does not stop at this point. Rather, the Chinese authorities intend to freeze their bank accounts, given that they are linked to the passport number, and prevent them from using smart applications associated with the performance of bills and the use of public transportation, and others;They are also threatened with the possibility of being detained for two weeks before they were deported to Morocco.

The reason for the suffering that the Moroccans residing in China suffers to renew their passports and their national definitions are due to the absence of the Moroccan ambassador to Beijing for several months..

A source from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans residing abroad stated in an answer to Hespress in this regard, that the Moroccan ambassador has been in Morocco for six months, and it was not possible to return to China until now because of the disease.

In the absence of the ambassador, the Moroccan embassy officials propose to Moroccans residing in China to go to the state of Malaysia or return to Morocco to renew their documents, or "wait", according to the affected people..

They say that the alternative solution proposed by the Moroccan embassy is "impossible and impractical, because it is not possible to travel to another country with an expired passport", calling for solving the problem they suffer from in China, "because there is a Moroccan embassy concerned with the affairs of the community".

One of the concerned Moroccans, in contact with Hespress, was surprised by the solutions that the Moroccan embassy provided in the current circumstance, which is characterized by the spread of the Corona virus, saying: “Traveling to Malaysia is not possible due to the absence of flights, and also because of the risk of infection with the virus, as well as the matter for Morocco;In addition to the high costs required by travel..

The same spokesman added: “The general sense of our ranks now is that the Moroccan state does not attach any importance to Moroccans residing in China, and that it only concerns the Moroccans of Europe, knowing that we are also contributing to the national economy, and we provide the hard currency to our country.”.