Portuguese emigrants in Morroco, 1931-1936
Study on demographic, geographic and social characteristics of Portuguese emigration to Morocco between 1931 and 1936. During the 20th century, North Africa was recognized as a significant destination for Portuguese and Spanish emigrants. Morocco developped an attractive economy for labor migrations and became a refuge for people fleeing dictatorships in the Iberian Peninsula. However, this destination of Portuguese emigration has been marginally studied in the literature. Few studies analize the presence of Portuguese emigrants from the Algarve. The scarcity of information on the trajectory and possible plurality of origins of the emigrants motivated the preparation of this factsheet. To this end, a database was created with 309 consular registration cards of Portuguese residents in Morocco between 1931 and 1936. In this way, it is possible to identify the main migration routes to Morocco and to constitute a typology of the sociological profiles of Portuguese emigrants.