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Moroccans in Italy

part of the Moroccan diaspora

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJul 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ6913136 ↗
Source-derived summary

There is a large population of Moroccans in Italy. are Italians citizens and nationals ethnic group, of the Italy with Italian citizenship and an Italian passport of Moroccan descent, immigrants from Morocco to Italy and their descendants are the third largest ethnic group in Italy after Romanians in Italy and Albanians in Italy. who come from various ethnic groups, form a distinct community in Italy and part of the wider Moroccan diaspora. They are widely referred to as Italiano-Marocchini in Italian. According to the Italian National Institute of Statistics, the country was home to 420,650 Moroccan immigrants in 2017. The equivalent figure in 2014 was 454,773, indicating a decrease.

Geographical distribution

Based on Demo Istat statistics.

Turin 17,253

Milan 7,861

Rome 5,210

Genoa 4,213

Bologna 3,927

Modena 2,977

Reggio Emilia 2,547

Religion

In the years 2011 and 2012 the ISTAT made a survey regarding the religious affiliation among the immigrants in Italy, the religion of the Moroccan people in Italy were as follows:

Muslims: 99.0%

Christianity: 0.3%

Non religious: 0.5%

Other religions: 0.3%

Notable people

Elijah Benamozegh (1823-1900), rabbi

Souad Sbai (1961), politician

Mostafa Errebbah (1971), long-distance runner

Nadia Ejjafini (1977), long-distance runner

Malika Ayane (1984), singer

Joseph Lasiri (1991), Muay Thai fighter List of ONE Championship champions#ONE Strawweight Muay Thai World Champion

Adam Masina (1994), footballer

Walid Cheddira (1998), footballer

Hachim Mastour (1998), footballer

Shady Oukhadda (1999), footballer

Nadia Battocletti (2000), athlete

See also

Italy–Morocco relations

Arabs in Europe

Arabs in Italy

Egyptians in Italy

Algerians in Italy

References

Further reading

Salih, Ruba (2002), "Shifting Meanings of 'Home': Consumption and identity in Moroccan women's transnational practices between Italy and Morocco", in Al-Ali, Nadje Sadig; Koser, Khalid (eds.), New approaches to migration?: transnational communities and the transformation of home, Transnationalism, vol. 3, Routledge, pp. 51–67, ISBN 978-0-415-25432-8

Blangiardo, Giam Carlo (July 2003), "Rapport sur l'immigration en Italie et notamment sur les ressortissants marocains" (PDF), in Kabbaj, Khadija (ed.), Marocains de l'Extérieur, Rabat: Fondation Hassan II pour les Marocains Résidant à l'Etranger, pp.

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Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Moroccans in Italy” is part of the Moroccan diaspora. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Moroccans, Italy and part, not as a finished interpretation.

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