Nationality: the new Belgians are mostly Moroccans

Moroccan immigration is spread over 5 periods: from 1912 to 1964, from 1964 to 1974, from 1974 to 1989, from 1989 to 2001, from 2011 to today. In 1964, 461 Moroccans were registered, 40,000 in 1974 and 343,000 on January 1, 2021. From 1974, the recruitment of foreign labor was officially stopped. From 1974 to 1989, “cis the period of family reunification, constitution and stabilization“.

“A big missed date“says researcher Hassan Bousetta today. The mines are beginning to close, the fathers of families are losing their jobs while the needs of families for housing and schooling are growing. But these problems are invisible as the question of immigration s sits at the heart of the political debate.