In 2021, Moroccans residing abroad (MREs) filed 290 complaints related to property dispossession in Morocco, compared to 200 complaints recorded last year by the Ministry of the Interior.
At the end of last September, money transfers made by Moroccans living abroad (MRE) amounted to 71.88 billion dirhams.
Bank Al-Maghrib (BAM) will set up an ad hoc commission that will be responsible for providing explanations on the spectacular increase in transfers from the Moroccan diaspora recorded this year.
Remittances from Moroccans living abroad (MRE) should reach a record of 87 billion dirhams (MMDH) in 2021, an increase of 27.7%.
The increase in remittances from Moroccans living abroad (MRE) recorded this year, despite the health crisis, should continue in 2022. This growth is attributed by experts to the economic recovery but above all to the improvement of the epidemiological situation worldwide.
At the end of the first 8 months of 2021, funds transferred by Moroccans residing abroad amounted to 63.7 billion dirhams.
Remittances from Moroccans living in Spain increased by 33% between 2019 and 2020, from 766 million to 1.022 billion euros.
Remittances from Moroccans living abroad (MRE), especially in Europe, increased by 46% at the end of July 2021, thus defying the forecasts of experts in the field who were announcing a severe drop due to the employment crisis in the host countries of the Moroccan diaspora.
Moroccans living abroad (MRE) transferred more than 16 billion dirhams in July, up 45.6% compared to the same period in 2020. This strong increase is surprising in its magnitude.
Remittances from Moroccans abroad have averaged 62 billion dirhams in recent years. A threshold largely exceeded in 2020, despite the Covid-19 health crisis. Nearly 80% of these funds sent are intended to support families who have remained in Morocco .
During the first half of 2021, remittances from Moroccans residing abroad (MRE) reached more than 44.19 billion dirhams (MMDH), compared to only 29.83 MMDH in the same period last year, an increase of 48.1%.
Despite the health crisis, Moroccans living abroad continue to support the national economy. Their transfers have not been impacted, confirming their good resilience during the pandemic.