Spanish nationality for two Moroccans after a heroic act

Hamza El Hatmi and Abdessamad Fiach, the two young Moroccan migrants who saved a 74-year-old Spaniard from drowning in the Serós canal in Lleida (Catalonia) in April 2023, have just obtained Spanish nationality through naturalization.

The two Moroccans had each received a medal of merit for civil protection for this heroic act. A distinction that allowed them to apply for Spanish nationality by naturalization, granted by the Spanish government in the event of exceptional events. Their application for nationality included proof of the rescue, as well as a criminal record issued by the Spanish and Moroccan authorities. The Spanish government recently approved this application, thus granting nationality by naturalization to these two Moroccans. The decision has already been published in the Official State Gazette (BOE), relayed The Spanish.