Moroccan diaspora

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Moroccans
المغاربة
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Moroccan people in the world.svg
Map of the Moroccan diaspora in the world
Total population
c. 10-15 millions[citation needed]
Regions with significant populations
 France1,500,000
 Israel850,000[1]
 Spain792,158[2]
 Italy420,650[3]
 Belgium500,000[4]
 Netherlands400,000[5]
 Germany300,000[6]
 United States200,544[7]
 Canada100,000[8]
 United Arab Emirates250,000[9]
 United Kingdom70,000[10]
 Algeria63.000[11]
 Saudi Arabia80,000[12]
 Qatar15,000[13]
 Denmark11,273[14]
  Switzerland10,270[11]
 Ukraine10,000[11]
 Sweden9,945[15]
 Australia9,200[11]
 Norway9,111[16]
 Portugal4,000[17]
 Oman4,000[11]
 Brazil3,500
 Finland3,465[18]
 Russia3,400
 South Africa2,100
 Ivory Coast1,800
 Mauritania1,056
 Romania986
Languages
Arabic (Moroccan Arabic, Jebli Arabic, Judeo-Moroccan Arabic, Hassaniya Arabic), Berber (Tashlhit, Tarifit, Central Atlas Tamazight, Judeo-Berber, Standard Moroccan Berber), Haketia, French, Spanish, Hebrew
Religion
Majority: Islam and Judaism
Minority: Christianity[19][20]
Related ethnic groups
Other Maghrebis

The Moroccan diaspora consists of emigrants from Morocco and their descendants. Of the estimated 5 to 6 million Moroccans living abroad,[citation needed] the overwhelming majority live in France and Spain, the remainder are distributed throughout the Americas (including North America and Latin America), Australia, Africa (in particular West Africa), and the countries of the Arab World. They are the next largest foreign community in Europe after the Turks.[citation needed]

Diaspora by country[]

Europe[]

Europe has long been a destination for Moroccan migration, with Moroccans arriving in some countries at least as early as the twentieth century. The largest concentration of Moroccans outside Morocco is in France, which has reportedly over 1.2 million Moroccans (up to 1.5 million), as well as the Netherlands and Belgium (about 0.5 million Moroccans). In the Netherlands, Moroccans are the third-largest group of non-Western immigrants after people from the former Dutch colonies of Suriname and Indonesia and the Turks. In Belgium, Moroccans now form even the largest group of non-Western immigrants.[21] At about 4% of Belgium's population, the Moroccan population in Belgium is the highest percentage-wise in Europe.[22]

There are also large Moroccan communities in Spain (about 767,784 Moroccans), Italy, Sweden and Switzerland. Many Moroccans have also settled for quite a long time in the United States, Canada, Brazil and other Arab countries, most notably Libya. Some other Moroccans have immigrated to other parts of Africa where they have prospered financially.

Religion[]

The majority of the Moroccan diaspora are Muslims, with a sizable minority of Jews and Christians. The vast majority of Moroccan Jews are now Moroccan Jews living in Israel.

See also[]

References[]

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  15. ^ "Foreign-born persons by country of birth, age, sex and year". Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  16. ^ "Innvandrere og norskfødte med innvandrerforeldre". Statistics Norway (in Norwegian).
  17. ^ https://www.ccme.org.ma/ar/actualites-ar/44493
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  19. ^ Morocco: General situation of Muslims who converted to Christianity, and specifically those who converted to Catholicism; their treatment by Islamists and the authorities, including state protection (2008–2011). Refworld.org. Retrieved on 12 June 2016.
  20. ^ Erwin Fahlbusch (2003). The Encyclopedia of Christianity. 3. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. pp. 653–. ISBN 978-0-8028-2415-8.
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  22. ^ (in French) [2], Centre de recherche en démographie et sociétés de l'Université catholique de Louvain. Dernière consultation le 11 octobre 2015.

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