Rabat — For “Zakaria,” a master’s student in education, the choice to leave Morocco feels inevitable.
Even with better prospects than most—steady work, a college degree, and relative financial stability, especially thanks to his home conveniently suited in the well-off municipalities surrounding Rabat—he is convinced that the country offers him no viable future.
“I won’t find any opportunity in Morocco… to work in my field,” he said. He noted that his dream destination is the United States and that “the majority” of his friends have already left Morocco, mainly either to the US or to Europe. Though many Moroccans also go east to the United Arab Emirates or Saudi Arabia, the majority prefer to travel westward in search of greener pastures.
But Zakaria’s opportunity to go west is strangled by rapidly-growing anti-immigrant sentiment and resulting difficulty in obtaining visas.
Who is blocking immigration?
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