Morocco mobilises to help its fellow citizens living in flood-affected areas
The Moroccan Embassy and its Consulate in Valencia publish a list of names of missing Moroccans
While Spanish citizens continue to work tirelessly to locate the victims of the tragic floods of the past few days and bring some order to the chaos, the embassies and diplomatic representations of several countries are making efforts to help their compatriots living in the affected areas.
Moroccan embassy
This is the case of the Moroccan Embassy in Spain, headed by Karima Benyaich, which is working closely with the Valencian authorities and the emergency services to offer support to the large Moroccan community living in the region.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Living Abroad has set up a Central Crisis Cell to coordinate the action of Moroccan consular services in the Spanish regions affected by the tragic floods and to provide assistance to Moroccan citizens in need.
This Central Crisis Cell is coordinating the action of the Moroccan consulates general in Madrid, Valencia and Seville, which are following up on cases requiring assistance.
Consulate in Valencia
This monitoring work has fallen mainly to the Moroccan Consulate General in Valencia, whose top representative, Said Idrissi, reported the death of two Moroccan citizens as a result of the floods caused by the DANA on Sunday, 3 November.
— Marruecos en Valencia (@MAR_en_Valencia) November 3, 2024
The Consulate has also provided a list of the names of the 16 Moroccan nationals who are still missing, in order to gather information on their whereabouts.
The list includes the following names: Nezha Sriwili; Bouassel Azzeddine; Belhadi Mohamed; Hassou o Bassou Mostafa; El Arrache Mustapha; Hamdaoui Mohammed; Karkaba Mohammed; Kharbouch Azzedine; Soufiane Oumba; El Foutouch Hicham; Khnichi Reda; Ahmed Rifi El Attari; y Arrad Yassine.
According to the Consulate, all the Moroccan nationals whose names appear on this list usually reside in the Valencian Community, so anyone with information on the whereabouts of any of them has been asked to contact the consular authorities on the two telephone numbers provided for this purpose: 631935818 and 631711873.
