Key facts and figures from the ETF study “Migration and skills” •    42% Moroccans declare intention to emigrate; regions where highest number of people declares intent to migrate are Agadir (52%) and  Marrakesh (49%) •    Only 9% of the potential migrants has proper information, documents and money to emigrate •    The main destinations are France (32% of returnees), Spain (21%), and Italy (15%) •    Moroccans prefer long-term emigration: 53% of returnees stayed abroad more than 7 years •    Economic situation is the main declared reason for migration, but the level of economic well-being doesn’t influence the propensity to migration •    60% of returnees worked at the time of the survey, while only 46% of potential migrants had a job, which suggest migration’s positive impact on employability •    31% of returnees, mainly those with higher education, benefited from training while abroad •    62% of migrants said they learnt a language or acquired other technical or professional skills, but only one third of migrants had their Moroccan qualifications officially recognised •    Migration doesn’t improve the standard of living of the returnees: 74% of them were poor •    There is little awareness of the government’s programmes for migrants •    Moroccans return to their country mainly for family reasons (26%); only 5% come back to invest More info
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Key facts and figures from the ETF study “Migration and skills”


•    42% Moroccans declare intention to emigrate; regions where highest number of people declares intent to migrate are Agadir (52%) and  Marrakesh (49%)

•    Only 9% of the potential migrants has proper information, documents and money to emigrate

•    The main destinations are France (32% of returnees), Spain (21%), and Italy (15%)

•    Moroccans prefer long-term emigration: 53% of returnees stayed abroad more than 7 years

•    Economic situation is the main declared reason for migration, but the level of economic well-being doesn’t influence the propensity to migration

•    60% of returnees worked at the time of the survey, while only 46% of potential migrants had a job, which suggest migration’s positive impact on employability

•    31% of returnees, mainly those with higher education, benefited from training while abroad

•    62% of migrants said they learnt a language or acquired other technical or professional skills, but only one third of migrants had their Moroccan qualifications officially recognised

•    Migration doesn’t improve the standard of living of the returnees: 74% of them were poor

•    There is little awareness of the government’s programmes for migrants

•    Moroccans return to their country mainly for family reasons (26%); only 5% come back to invest

North African vs. Arab

That whole north-african/arab/imazighen thing gets on my nerve to be honest.

Example:

In the Netherlands*, policy was that Moroccans had to learn Dutch to integrate. Fine by me, but the language courses where taught in a language that most Moroccans don’t understand: standard arabic.

Now imagine, a Moroccan woman from the countryside had to learn a new language she never spoke (Dutch) by using a language she never spoke (Arabic). We just made her double illiterate.

*Netherlands: a shitty country bordering (or actually IN) the North Sea, that you dont ever want to visit.”