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Morocco Leads Foreign Nationalities Gaining Spanish Citizenship in 2018
More than 25,000 Moroccans obtained Spanish nationality in 2018, making them by far the largest foreign community in the country.

More than 25,000 Moroccans obtained Spanish nationality in 2018, making them by far the largest foreign community in the country.

King Mohammed VI has granted Moroccan nationality to several public figures, including Algerians, Iranians and French. In 2013, the king had granted nationality to the Algerian Raï singer, Cheb Khaled, and to Faudel.

A total of 67,900 Moroccans obtained the nationality of a European Union country in 2017, according to figures published this week by the EU Statistical Office (Eurostat).