Abstract

The New Migration Policy developed from September 2013 onwards initiated a new approach to the presence of migrants in Morocco. It began a process that rendered it possible for migrants to attempt to access and maintain a regular migration status and transformed urban landscape in many cities across the country. However, a concrete policy on integration has not advanced. Drawing on long-term multi-sited ethnographic research, this article examines strategies migrants deploy to “make do” in Morocco: how they seek to integrate in the society despite the partiality, even absence of a formal framework that would regulate how to do so. It examines a context where immigration policy is a relatively recent development, integration strategies by the state are either in flux or absent altogether, yet which has for long been a region of concern for its neighbors in the North. This provides a setting where migrants strive to understand what is expected of them to become recognized as full participants in the society, and how they navigate at times conflicting demands.

摘要

自 2013 年 9 月起制定的新移民政策开启了处理摩洛哥移民问题的新方法。它开启了一个过程，使移民有可能尝试获得并保持正常的移民身份，并改变了全国许多城市的城市面貌。然而，关于融合的具体政策尚未推进。借鉴长期的多地点民族志研究，本文审视了移民在摩洛哥“凑合”的策略：他们如何寻求融入社会，尽管存在偏见，甚至缺乏规范如何融入社会的正式框架. 它考察了这样一个背景：移民政策是相对较新的发展，国家的融合战略要么不断变化，要么完全不存在，然而长期以来，这一直是北方邻国关注的地区。这提供了一个环境，在这个环境中，移民努力了解对他们成为社会正式参与者的期望是什么，以及他们如何应对有时相互冲突的需求。