Maroc : L'interminable calvaire d'Ibrahima Ba détenu depuis août pour un "passeport invalide"
Since August 1, 2025, Ibrahima Ba, a 19-year-old resident of Pontedera, Italy, and student in Toulouse, has been held against his will in Casablanca. What was supposed to be a simple stopover has turned into a "despotic" legal and diplomatic imbroglio, which the Coordination of Senegalese Associations in Tuscany (Casto) is now strongly denouncing.
The case begins with an administrative paradox that defies all logic. Last July, Ibrahima and his brother Serigne Fallou, both Italian citizens, traveled to Senegal to visit their father. Their stopover in Morocco on the outbound journey went smoothly. It was on the return trip, on August 1st, that the trap was sprung. While his brother was allowed to board, Ibrahima was stopped abruptly by Casablanca airport authorities. The reason given? An allegedly invalid passport.
A valid passport, an "arbitrary" detention
The confusion is complete. The document was issued by the Volterra police station (Pisa) on the same day as his brother's. According to Casto, "the passport was correctly issued by the Italian authorities, who are the only ones authorized to attest to this." Despite confirmation of validity from the Italian consulate and the Pisa police headquarters, the Moroccan authorities are persisting.
Faced with this situation, Ibrahima reportedly refused to sign an objection document whose contents remained unclear. This refusal appears to have worsened his case. After two days of detention at the prefecture, the young man was formally charged with serious offenses: "minor offense, refusal to be caught in the act," and "illegal receipt of a document from the public administration," in accordance with the Moroccan Penal Code.
It has now been more than five months since the young man was stranded in Morocco. Living precariously with acquaintances, Ibrahima has already lost a year of schooling in France. His parents, and especially his father Babacar Ba, a respected retiree in Pontedera, are "devastated and fight every day to bring their son home."
Despite the appointment of a Moroccan lawyer and the involvement of the Pontedera municipal authorities, the Moroccan legal process appears to be stalled. Hearings continue without resolution, and there are now fears that the case will drag on well beyond the new year. For the Senegalese community in Tuscany, the situation is dire: "Moroccan authorities are holding a 19-year-old boy in Morocco against his will," in an "illegal" manner.
Faced with what it calls "arbitrary and despotic" treatment, the Casto is urging the Italian government to break its silence. The coordinating body is calling for "all possible efforts and pressure to be exerted on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Italian ambassador in Rabat to make their voices heard."
The objective is clear: to send a strong protest to the Moroccan authorities so that Ibrahima can finally regain his freedom. "He deserves this commitment from all of us: that his son not be left alone," the coordinating body argues, reminding everyone that it is Italy's duty to protect its citizens abroad.
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