Moroccan-Dutch
Encyclopedia
The terms Moroccan-Dutch or Dutch-Moroccans refer to immigrants from Morocco
to the Netherlands
and their descendants. They are one of the larger allochtoon
groups, making up 10.4% of the country's total population of foreign background.
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For a total of 353,987 persons (176,647 men, 164,881). This represented roughly 51% growth over the 1996 total of 225,088 persons. The population has shown a year-on-year increase every year since then.
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
to the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
and their descendants. They are one of the larger allochtoon
Allochtoon
Allochtoon is a Dutch word , literally meaning "originating from another country"...
groups, making up 10.4% of the country's total population of foreign background.
Migration history
Moroccans were not much represented in the first major wave of migration to the Netherlands from the mid-1940s to the mid-1960s, which consisted mostly of people from the Netherlands' former colonies. However, they began to show up in large numbers during the second wave; between 1965 and 1973, one hundred thousand Turks and Moroccans came to the Netherlands, and a further 170,000 from 1974 to 1986. Earlier arrivals consisted of guest workers, whose recruitment and admission was governed by a bilateral treaty signed in 1969. However, the guests did not return home. From the 1970s, the number arriving under family reunification schemes became more significant. Between six and eight-tenths originated from the mountainous Rif regionRif
The Rif or Riff is a mainly mountainous region of northern Morocco, with some fertile plains, stretching from Cape Spartel and Tangier in the west to Ras Kebdana and the Melwiyya River in the east, and from the Mediterranean Sea in the north to the river of Wergha in the south.It is part of the...
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Demographic characteristics
, statistics of the Dutch Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek with regards to people of Moroccan origin showed:- 166,774 persons of first-generation background (88,084 men, 78,690 women)
- 174,754 persons of second-generation background (88,563 men, 86,191 women), of which:
- 23,255 persons with one parent born in the Netherlands (11,911 men, 11,344 women)
- 151,499 persons with both parents born outside of the Netherlands (76,652 men, 74,847 women)
For a total of 353,987 persons (176,647 men, 164,881). This represented roughly 51% growth over the 1996 total of 225,088 persons. The population has shown a year-on-year increase every year since then.
Notable people
- Ahmed AboutalebAhmed AboutalebAhmed Aboutaleb is a Dutch politician of the Labour Party . He has been the Mayor of Rotterdam since January 5, 2009...
, first Moroccan-Dutch mayor of RotterdamRotterdamRotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre... - Ali BAli BAli B is a Dutch rapper of Moroccan descent. He has been noted as the first Moroccan-Dutch star in Dutch pop culture, "perhaps the most popular rapper in the Netherlands", and has performed together with Akon and Dutch artist Marco Borsato.-Personal life:Ali B married his then-manager Breghje,...
, hip-hop artist - Badr HariBadr HariBadr "The Golden Boy" Hari is a Moroccan-Dutch super heavyweight kickboxer, fighting out of Mike's Gym in Amsterdam. He is a former K-1 Heavyweight champion and K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 finalist. As of May 2011, Hari is ranked the #2 heavyweight in the world by LiverKick.com...
, kickboxer - Ibrahim Affelay, football (soccer) player.
- Abdelkader BenaliAbdelkader BenaliAbdelkader Benali is a Moroccan-Dutch writer and journalist. He has been described as one of the Netherlands' leading writers....
, novelist, columnist. - Mounir El HamdaouiMounir El HamdaouiMounir El Hamdaoui is a Dutch-Moroccan footballer. He currently plays as a forward for Ajax in the Netherlands...
, football (soccer) player. - Mohammed BouyeriMohammed BouyeriMohammed Bouyeri is an Islamist Dutch–Moroccan and convicted murderer. He is currently serving a life sentence without parole for the assassination of Dutch film director Theo van Gogh. He holds both Dutch and Moroccan citizenship...
, Islamist terrorist, assassin of Theo van GoghTheo van GoghTheo van Gogh is the name of:*Theo van Gogh , brother of the painter Vincent van Gogh*Theo van Gogh , great-grandson of the above...
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