Moroccans in Germany are residents of
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
who are of
Moroccan descent. According to the
Federal Statistical Office of Germany
The Federal Statistical Office (german: Statistisches Bundesamt, shortened ''Destatis'') is a federal authority of Germany. It reports to the Federal Ministry of the Interior.
The Office is responsible for collecting, processing, presenting and ...
, as of 2018, there are total 76,200 Moroccan citizens living in Germany without German citizenship. Of those, 505 individuals were granted asylum status.
Nowadays, most Moroccan-Germans have German and Moroccan citizenship.
In Germany, especially in the Rhine-Main area, many persons of Moroccan descent have roots in the province
Nador
Nador ( Riffian-Berber: ⵏⴰⴷⵓⵔ) is a coastal city and provincial capital in the northeastern Rif region of Morocco with a population of about 161,726 (2014 census).
Nador city is separated from the Mediterranean Sea by a salt lagoon nam ...
.
Among the Moroccan community in Germany, there is also a small, significant minority of people
Spanish
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* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
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-Moroccan origin.
According to a
BKA report on statistics from 2017, immigrants from Morocco constituted 1.0% of all asylum seekers between 2015-2017 and those group represent 3.9% of all migrant crime suspects.
Notable individuals
References
{{Moroccan diaspora
Moroccan diaspora in Europe
Ethnic groups in Germany