Keywords: Diaspora


Moroccan Entrepreneurs Outnumber Chinese Business Owners in Italy’s Sole Proprietorship Sector

Moroccan entrepreneurs have become Italy’s largest foreign community of sole-proprietor business owners, with more than 53,000 registered businesses, according to figures released by Italy’s Union of Chambers of Commerce and InfoCamere. Moroccan nationals held 53,364 sole proprietorships......

Moroccans Rank Second in Spain’s Exceptional Migrant Regularization Process

Moroccan nationals account for the second-largest share of applications under Spain’s exceptional migrant regularization process, representing 13.3% of the total, according to figures released by the Spanish government. The data highlight the significant presence of Moroccan migrants in Spain and......

Hanane Kawalina reconnects with Amazigh heritage through the living tradition of Ahwach

For Hanane Kawalina, dance has never been simply a performance. It began in childhood as a way of communicating, moving beyond words and eventually becoming a profession. Raised in the Paris region within a Moroccan Amazigh family from the Souss, she spent years building a career around Indian dance......

Moroccan-origin candidates take part in Quebec’s 2026 provincial election

Quebec’s provincial election on October 5, 2026, features a diverse field of candidates, including several politicians of Moroccan origin running under different political banners. Their presence reflects the growing participation of members of Quebec’s immigrant communities in provincial......

Morocco’s diaspora remittances reach 89.2 billion dirhams by August

Remittances sent by Moroccans living abroad continued to grow in 2026, reaching 89.2 billion dirhams by the end of August, according to provisional figures from Morocco’s Office des Changes. The amount represents a 9% increase compared with the same period a year earlier. The latest figure compares......

Morocco’s Marhaba 2026 operation assists more than 4.1 million travelers

Morocco’s Marhaba 2026 operation concluded after more than three months of intensive mobilization, assisting more than 4.13 million members of the Moroccan diaspora during their journeys to and from the country. The figure represents an increase of 1.8 percent compared with the 2025 edition, according......

Tanger Med concludes Morocco’s Marhaba 2026 operation as final travelers depart

Tanger Med port has completed the 2026 edition of Morocco’s Marhaba operation, as the final travelers left the country aboard ferries bound for ports across the northern Mediterranean. The conclusion on Tuesday marked the end of several weeks of intensive preparations aimed at facilitating the......

Morocco-Spain: The Moroccan Economy Accelerates and Transforms

Morocco is increasingly attracting the attention of Spanish economic observers. In an analysis published on September 6, 2026, Estrategias de Inversión estimates that the growth of the Moroccan economy is currently around 5%, a pace presented as nearly double that of Spain. Beyond this comparison, the......

Moroccan diaspora remittances reach nearly 75 billion dirhams

Remittances sent by Moroccans living abroad continued to grow during the first seven months of 2026, providing an important source of foreign currency for the Moroccan economy. According to the latest figures released by Morocco’s Foreign Exchange Office, transfers from Moroccans residing abroad......