Moroccans in Sweden are citizens and residents of

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who are of Moroccan descent.

Demographics

According to

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, as of 2019, there are a total 11,530

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-born immigrants living in Sweden. There are 3,742 citizens of Morocco (1,912 men, 1,830 women), not including those who also have Swedish citizenship. As of 2016, 429 Moroccan citizens (361 men, 68 women) residing in Sweden are registered as asylum seekers. Among these individuals are 144 Moroccan children out of a total 2,199 unaccompanied refugee minors residing in Sweden. In 2016, the governments of

and

signed a treaty to facilitate the children's repatriation to Morocco. According to Statistics Sweden, in 2016, there were 64 registered emigrations from Sweden to Morocco.

Refugees

In May 2017 border police reported that false identities were common among Moroccan asylum seekers.

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were able to verify the identities of 77 migrants from

using fingerprint matches checked against the Moroccan fingerprint database. It was found that out of the 77, 65 had lied about their identity and of the 50 claiming to be underage, all but two were adult.

Repatriation

Of the estimated 800

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in Sweden,

is the most prevalent country of origin. While Morocco earlier refused to receive the youth, in 2016 the governments of Sweden and Morocco signed a treaty to facilitate their repatriation by using the Moroccan fingerprint register to aid the

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in identifying them. Of those who claimed to be under 18 years of age, this was incorrect in 90% of the cases. After the treaty, coordination by authorities in the two countries led to 271 being leaving Sweden during 2016. According to statistics by the

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, 135 individuals were repatriated to Morocco in 2017.

Education

, according to Statistics Sweden, 26% of Morocco-born individuals aged 25 to 64 have attained a primary and lower secondary education level (23% men, 29% women), 35% have attained an upper secondary education level (37% men, 33% women), 19% have attained a post-secondary education level of less than 3 years (21% men, 17% women), 15% have attained a post-secondary education of 3 years or more (15% men, 15% women), and 6% have attained an unknown education level (5% men, 7% women).

Notable people

Loreen Lorine Zineb Nora Talhaoui (born 16 October 1983), known professionally as Loreen (), is a Swedish singer and songwriter. Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest, Representing Sweden, she won the Eurovision Song Contest in Eurovision Song Conte ...

, singerAuer, Josefin
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Leila K Laila El Khalifi (; born 6 September 1971) better known by her stage name Leila K, is a Swedish Eurodance singer and rapper of Moroccan descent. Early life El Khalifi's parents decided to send her to a school in Morocco, but she did not fit int ...

, singer *

Kenza Zouiten Kenza Zouiten (Arabic: كنزة زويتن) was born on 21 April 1991 in Stockholm to a Swedish mother and Moroccan father. She is a fashion model, blogger and actress. Career Kenza was born in Sweden. Kenza's father is from Morocco and her m ...

, fashion model and blogger *

RedOne Nadir Khayat (, Latn, ar, Nādir Ḵayyāṭ; born 9 April 1972), also known as RedOne, is a Moroccan-Swedish record producer, record executive, singer and songwriter. He has worked in production for high-profile recording artists including La ...

, producer and songwriter * Said Legue, actor *

Nabil Bahoui Nabil Bahoui (; ; born 5 February 1991) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Allsvenskan club IF Brommapojkarna. Club career IF Brommapojkarna In 2008, Bahoui joined the main team of IF Brommapojkarna. Where he wa ...

, footballer *

Amin Affane Amin Tareq Affane (, ; ; born 21 January 1994) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Lärje-Angereds IF Affane, who was playing for the Division 3 team Lärje-Angereds IF, agreed to join Chelsea ...

, footballer * Sofia Karlberg, singer

References

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