Rabat – Morocco has submitted a letter to Libya’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs under the Government of National Unity (GNU) regarding the situation of Moroccan students without a valid residency permit.
Libya’s Education Ministry under the GNU warned that foreign students who do not possess a valid residency permit of at least a year cannot be part of the 2025-2026 academic year.
According to the Libya Observer, the Moroccan consulate has urged Libyan authorities to consider the “special circumstances of the Moroccan community, which has suffered for years from the absence of consular representation in Libya.”
The news outlet noted that Morocco’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs was notified of Libya’s decision as well as the concerns of community members.
In a statement last week, the ministry sent a circular to the heads of public and private schools, urging them to apply the regulations and laws governing the process of accepting and registering non-Libyan students in Libyan schools. The ministry also cited the reciprocity principle.
“Therefore, you are requested not to allow any non-Libyan student to study in the academic year 2025/2026 unless they have obtained a valid residence permit for a period of at least one year inside Libya, issued by the competent authorities,” the ministry said.
The ministry argued that Libyan students who do not have a valid residence permit will be offered a period of three months to provide the permit, “on condition that they submit a written undertaking, authenticated by a contract writer, before registering at the school.”
Students who are born to Libyan parents and of Palestinian nationality are exempt from the regulation.
