50 years of Moroccan Migration!

The National Initiative “Half a century of Moroccan Migration, a Shared History” was founded with the aim of extensively examining the migration history of Moroccans. The immediate reason was that on May 14, 2019, it was half a century ago that the Netherlands and Morocco signed a recruitment treaty in which Moroccan labor migration to the Netherlands was officially regulated. In light of this historic event, the National Platform 'Half a Century of Moroccan Migration, a Shared History' organized activities throughout the year to reflect on this special history.

On this website and on our Facebook page you will find information about the background and activities of the celebration. With our initiative we hoped to tell, share and pass on the rich history of Moroccan migration. With this project we wanted to invite everyone to use the 50-year celebration to draw inspiration from each other's stories.

We thank everyone who contributed to the exhibition, website and this publication, the numerous supporters - from funds to municipalities - for the support and cooperation provided. The National Platform 'Half a Century of Moroccan Migration, a Shared History' consisted of the following organizations: EMCEMO, AtlasBridges, Marmoucha Foundation, Partnership of Moroccan Dutch, National Working Group Mudawannah, Moroccan Elderly Association Netherlands, Multicultural Youth Sound (The Hague), Project Group 50 years guest workers Utrecht, Attifa (Utrecht), Provincial Platform for Diversity (Limburg), Aknarij Foundation (Amsterdam), Argan Foundation (Amsterdam), Digitaal Delfshaven Foundation (Rotterdam), project group first generation Moroccans (Veenendaal), Gilbert van Schoonbeke Foundation (Veenendaal) , Inclusia Foundation (Rotterdam), More Color and Quality Foundation (Limburg), Multicultural Schiedam Foundation, Future Youth Foundation (Rotterdam), Father and Son Foundation (Rotterdam), Foundation for Social Participation (Rotterdam), Moroccan Women Working Group Feijenoord (Rotterdam) , Neighborhood Fathers (Gouda), Moroccan Parent Council Foundation (Amersfoort), Network of Organizations of Older Migrants (Utrecht), Tumba (Leeuwarden).

For more information: https://50jaarbeweging.nl

NB: Press release: Half a century of Moroccan migration; a shared history!