Moroccan Immigration to Europe : Old Legacies and New Ties

International audience ; The day after the 2015 Belgian National Day (21 July), a political and media controversy exploded. A MR (Mouvement réformateur – Wallon party) party’s deputy declared on his public social media page that it was a shame that the only person interviewed by a national TV channel during the celebration was a Belgian veiled woman of Moroccan origin. To quote his words: “Ah, the ONLY person interviewed by the Radio Television Belge Francophone (RTBF), a veiled women that says nice things about Belgium! Yeah, we live in a marvellous country, but not politically correct! As if... Mehr ...