Dutch Moroccans “Feel at Home”

According to a poll reported in newspaper NRC, Moroccan Dutch in the Netherlands feel more at home than Moroccans in other European countries. The poll, which canvassed 2,600 people aged 19-34, indicates 81% of young Moroccan Dutch feel at home in the Netherlands, compared with an average of 76% among Moroccans in other European countries….

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Update: Dutch Football Club ‘Coup’ Investigated

Haaglandenvoetbal.nl has investigated and debunked claims by the former treasurer of the GSC ESDO football club that the board faced a ‘coup’ by Moroccan Dutch members. According to its investigation, Moroccan football players joined the club several years ago and ensured an increase in the membership – which prevented the termination of the rental contract…

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Internet video imagines Netherlands without Moroccans

An internet video launched on October 20, 2009 envisions a world in which everyone of Moroccan descent has left the Netherlands. The 8 minute film, titled Kop of Munt (Heads or Tails), appears on the website www.munt.nu. The film’s creators describe themselves as “socially engaged Dutch-Moroccan young people bursting with energy and creativity”. But exactly…

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Moroccans compensated for speaking with Rotterdam mayor

Telegraaf reports that 100 to 150 Dutch Moroccans in Rotterdam received compensation for speaking with mayor Aboutaleb. The payment was compensation for participation in meetings of approximately 2.5 hours during which individuals shared their success stories or problems with the mayor as a part of five “Moroccan tables” (meetings). Recently Antilleans in Rotterdam received the…

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Moroccans want national curfew on children

Moroccan-Dutch have expressed desire to impose a national curfew for all children under the age of 9, in addition to a homework duty for young vandals and their parents. SMN (Association of Moroccans in the Netherlands) manager Farid Azarkan said that parents who let their children roam the streets after 8pm ought to be fined,…

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