Moroccan Expats and Their Families Back Home: HCP’s Surprising Findings

Distance does not sever family ties. For many Moroccan families, living abroad is no longer synonymous with separation, but rather another way of staying present. According to the initial results of the HCP’s 2025 National Family Survey, family members living abroad maintain regular contact with their loved ones who remained in Morocco.

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The report shows that 19.6% of relatives residing abroad have daily virtual interactions with the head of household. Weekly contacts reach 34.9%, while monthly exchanges represent 20.6%. For the HCP, these figures demonstrate that extreme distance does not constitute an obstacle to preserving family ties.

New technologies play an essential role here. Video calls, instant messaging and social networks make it possible to maintain a form of presence despite the distance. The report also emphasizes that families with members abroad maintain a communication frequency comparable to, or even greater than, that observed in some situations of distance within Morocco itself.

But this connection is not limited to calls and messages. Family mutual aid takes on a different form with distance. When loved ones live far away, everyday services such as childcare, household chores or healthcare support become nearly impossible. Conversely, moral support and financial aid take on greater importance.

According to HCP data, moral support, advice and affective exchanges remain predominant, even when loved ones live abroad. They represent 76% of mutual aid forms with family members settled outside Morocco. The report sees this as proof that family mutual aid is based first and foremost on a relational and emotional bond, not solely on cohabitation.

Financial aid, however, occupies a particular place in relationships with Moroccans abroad. Monetary transfers represent 22.6% of exchanges with emigrated members, a proportion higher than in most other situations of distance. The HCP observes that relatives settled abroad appear primarily as providers of financial resources.

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These results paint a reality familiar to many Moroccan families: you no longer necessarily live under the same roof, or even in the same country, but the bond continues to hold through calls, advice, regular news and aid sent when necessary. The Moroccan family transforms, but it does not disappear with distance.