That Moment When Moroccan Families Reunite With Emigrants

For many Moroccan families, reunions with relatives living abroad have a privileged moment: vacation. According to the first results of the HCP’s 2025 National Survey on the Family, in-person meetings with family members settled outside Morocco are concentrated mainly during annual vacations. They represent 56.5% of face-to-face interactions with these relatives.

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This figure confirms a well-known reality for Moroccan families abroad: the connection with the country is often maintained at a distance during the year, before materializing during summer returns or extended leave. The report also notes that 6.4% of Moroccan households declare maintaining close relations with a relative established abroad, or about one household in sixteen. This proportion reaches 7.9% in urban areas, compared to 3.9% in rural areas.

Religious holidays, often perceived as strong moments of family reunion, are not the main time for reunions with relatives living abroad. They represent only 3.8% of in-person meetings, far behind annual vacations. Meetings several times a year come in second place, with 20.8% of cases.

The HCP explains this trend by the direct effect of geographical distance. The farther relatives live, the less regular meetings are possible. Families then compensate for this impossibility with planned visits, concentrated on key periods such as annual leave, certain exceptional events, or major family occasions.

Between two stays in Morocco, the bond does not disappear. Long-distance contact takes over: 19.6% of relatives living abroad exchange with their family every day, 34.9% do so every week, and 20.6% every month. Calls, messages, and video conversations thus become a way to remain present despite the distance.

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Behind these figures, the report draws a profound transformation of the family bond. Moroccans abroad are not absent from family life, but their presence is organized differently: at a distance during the year, then more intensely during vacations. A reality that makes summer one of the great reunion moments for many Moroccan families.