ABSTRACT
Although we did not seek to diversify our sample according to the interviewees’ year of arrival in Morocco, it is of particular interest to note that the majority of them (32/38) arrived during the 2000s. This corresponds to the most recent migratory ‘wave’ of French people in Morocco according to official statistics (Pellegrini 2014a). It is also worth noting that the majority of our interviewees were married (24/38) or lived in a marital relationship (3/38). Two of them were divorced. Most of them had children (30/38), the great majority of whom were enrolled in French schools either in Morocco or in France. In addition, most participants held a residence permit (31/38) while some of them had tourist status (6/38). Only one woman had recently acquired Moroccan nationality: she was born in France to a French mother and a Moroccan father and acquired Moroccan nationality for reasons that she described as utilitarian, while defining herself as a French Muslim woman. All the participants had the French baccalaureate as a minimum, although some of them held a higher academic degree. Finally, the family incomes of more than a third of them were higher than €2000 a month, which ensured them a much higher living standard than most Moroccans have.
