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Moroccans top list of recipients of EU citizenship for 7th year in a row

Moroccan nationals continue to dominate for the 7th consecutive year the list of the recipients of the European Union citizenship, according to figures on naturalization in the European Union for 2018, released on Monday by the EU statistics agency Eurostat.   In 2018, some 67,200 Moroccans received the citizenship of Spain, Italy or France, representing […]

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Moroccans top recipients of EU citizenship in 2017

There were 67,848 Moroccans who have acquired EU citizenship in 2017, making them the first group followed by Indians and Albanians. France, Spain and Italy, traditional destination for the Moroccan diaspora, gave their citizenship to 83% of the new Moroccan-EU citizens. Separately, Spain said earlier this month that 25,372 Moroccans received the Spanish nationality in […]

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Moroccans, First Recipients of Citizenship of EU Member States in 2017

The Moroccan expatriates in Europe were the largest group that acquired the citizenship of a EU country in 2017, according to the European Union Statistics Agency. In 2017, around 825,000 persons acquired citizenship of a Member country of the European Union (EU), down from 995,000 in 2016 and 841,000 in 2015, said Eurostat. The Moroccans […]

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Moroccans, Largest Group Acquiring EU citizenship in 2016- Eurostat

Moroccans were the largest group acquiring the citizenship of an EU member state in 2016, said the EU statistics office, Eurostat. In total, 101,300 Moroccans received the citizenship of a EU country, of whom 89% acquired citizenship of Spain, Italy (34,8%) or France (17,5%). Albanians were ranked second with 67,500, of whom 97% acquired citizenship […]