These Belgian-Moroccans who leave Belgium for Morocco

Belgium is facing a flight of Belgian-Moroccan talent that “will continue”. These talents are opting for Casablanca, Marrakech and Rabat to the detriment of Brussels.

“I remember a cousin, fifteen years ago, who left Brussels to settle in Casablanca. No one could have imagined her choice,” she tells The Free Hakima Mommen, a third-generation Belgian-Moroccan, whose grandparents moved to Belgium in the 1960s. “Ten years ago, we would have listened to stories like this with wide eyes. We would have called her ‘crazy’, ‘completely mad’… Now, we are interested in it, we talk about it with family and friends, we ask questions, we ask for news,” insists Ridouane, a senior Belgian civil servant. Even I, who feel very well integrated, Belgian through and through, have thought about it. Returning to Morocco, for us Belgian-Moroccans, is now a possible horizon.”