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 during the Congo national day, Congolese TV would interview a White man, and only him! But in Congo this will never happen! […]”. Then, he declared “this way the RTBF wants to confine us within a sort of communitarian regime!” Public reactions for and against these statements have quickly run on social media as well as the newspapers. This event is one among several others in the country. For instance, in 2010-2011, some deputies submitted a proposal to restraint family reunification arguing that “most of these family reunifications are solicited by Belgian citizens, born in Belgium from immigrant parents, or having acquired Belgian nationality” and declaring openly that this measure aimed to stop intra communitarian marriages as they perceive that intra-family marriages are conducive to migration among Moroccans. Do not old legacies matter?Since the 1960s, Morocco has been the main workforce supplier for Belgium (convention of 1964). Nowadays, Moroccans are the most ancient migrant community. In 2012, they reached a total of 429500 and 49% of this demographic group had acquired the Belgian nationality. The population of Belgians of Moroccan origin represent 13% of the whole population in Brussels. Besides, Moroccans are the most significant group of non-EU entrepreneurs (8% out of the total). Overall, Moroccan immigration to Belgium was mainly driven by the pursuit of more prosperous economic opportunities. However, ...