3,000 Moroccan Pilgrims Stranded in Saudi Arabia

Date: 22 December 2021 - 21:35

News ID: ۹۸۰۴۵

RABAT (Middle East Eye) – Around 3,000 Moroccans are stuck in Saudi Arabia after performing Umrah because Morocco has shut down air traffic in an attempt to tackle the spread of the Omicron Covid-19 variant, according to reports. The Moroccans have been stuck with high hotel costs and other spiraling prices, the reports said. They denounced “the delay of Rabat officials to respond to their demands to schedule exceptional flights in order to enable them to return to Morocco, similar to those stranded in several European countries”, the website wrote. Feeling ignored, the Moroccans have demonstrated in front of their consulate in Jeddah.