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  2. Arab migrations to the Maghreb - Wikipedia

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    The Arab migrations to the Maghreb [a] involved successive waves of migration and settlement by Arab people in the Maghreb region of North Africa (excluding Egypt), encompassing modern-day Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia. The process took place over several centuries, lasting from the early 7th century to the 17th century.

  3. Migration of Moroccan Jews to Israel - Wikipedia

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    Nevertheless, Israel had sent dozens of Mossad officers to North Africa who carried out an operation ("operation frame") that enabled illegal emigration of Moroccan Jews. Many local young people joined the operation. Between the years 1948 - 1955 around 70,000 Jews left Morocco. Between the years 1955 - 1961 around 60,000 Jews left Morocco.

  4. Moroccan settlers - Wikipedia

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    In the late 1970s, the group began conducting guerrilla warfare in Morocco and Mauritania, but Mauritania soon ceded its claim to the territory, leaving Morocco as the only state belligerent. [3] The war with Morocco caused about half of the Western Sahara's Sahrawi to flee the area, leaving a gap for Moroccan settlers to fill. [4]

  5. In rare African split, South Africa battling Morocco to lead ...

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    GENEVA (Reuters) -South Africa and Morocco are at loggerheads over the presidency of the United Nations' top human rights body ahead of a vote on Wednesday, with the former saying Rabat has ...

  6. Jewish exodus from the Muslim world - Wikipedia

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    About 50% (300 000 people) of modern French Jews have roots from North Africa. In total, it is estimated that between 1956 and 1967, about 235 000 North African Jews from Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco immigrated to France due to the decline of the French Empire and following the Six-Day War.

  7. Moroccan diaspora - Wikipedia

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    The Moroccan diaspora (Arabic: الجالية المغربية), part of the wider Arab diaspora, consists of emigrants from Morocco and their descendants. An estimated five million Moroccans live abroad, [7] with the majority of the diaspora being located in Western Europe, especially France and Spain.

  8. List of sovereign states by net migration rate - Wikipedia

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    An excess of people entering a country is referred to as net immigration (e.g., 3.56 migrants/1,000 population). An excess of people leaving a country is referred to as net emigration (e.g., -9.26 migrants/1,000 population). The net migration rate indicates the contribution of migration to the overall level of population change.

  9. Maghrebi Jews - Wikipedia

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    After Morocco declared independence in 1956, most of the 225,000 Jews in Morocco emigrated to Israel, France and Canada. [18] In Algeria, the National Liberation Front fought and won independence from France in 1961. After Algeria won independence, the Jewish population of 140,000 began a massive and definitive exodus mainly to France due to ...