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The poverty rate in various Northern Africa and Middle East Countries. Data obtained from "worldpopulationreview.com".

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Number of asylum seekers in certain Middle Eastern countries, 2021. Data provided by UNHCR.

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Note that the number of asylum seekers and refugees a country has heavily depends on its population size. Iraq, a country with over 40,462,701 official citizens in 2022, had over 254,454 people fleeing the country seeking Asylum in 2021.  In comparison, Western Sahara only has around 576,000 people living in it.

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Percentage of Moroccan people with clean drinking water in 2020. Data obtained from "ourworldindata.org".

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Percentage of Moroccan people with clean drinking water in 2010. Data obtained from "ourworldindata.org".

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Ignoring the coronavirus years, Morocco’s economy has been steadily improving. Morocco managed to bounce their economy back by 7.4% GDP growth rate in 2021 after a great year of exporting crops. While Morocco may face unemployment and poverty issues in its population, the country still has a GDP of $7,400 in 2018 according to the CIA. The country also has a massive tourism industry, with the country earning over 2 billion USD from tourism in May 2022 alone.

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The poverty rate in Morocco, showing data from the years 2010, 2021, and 2022. Data from "statista.org".

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Access to Clean Water in Middle Eastern and Northern African Countries. Data obtained from "ourworldindata.org"

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Climate change caused by global warming has led to desertification that changes fertile crop-growing soil into dry, unusable ground. Climate change has also increased the rate of natural disasters like fires, sandstorms, and flash floods. Pollution and droughts pose a risk to clean drinking water in the country, as only 80% of Moroccans had access to it in 2020.

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Corruption and other political issues in Morocco have led to unemployment and poverty rates rising across the country. 22.2% of Moroccan people between the ages of 15 to 24 are unemployed, and poverty and illiteracy rates have risen too. The government has tried to do numerous social and economic reforms to combat these issues, with one lowering the poverty rate in Morocco from 8.9% in 2007 to 4.2% in 2014.

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Morocco is a parliamentary constitutional monarchy. The king or the chief of state is currently Mohammad VI, while the prime minister or head of government is currently Aziz Akhannouch. The king inherits the throne, but since legislative elections are held to decide representatives and councillors for parliament, whichever party holds the largest portion of parliament will have a candidate appointed to prime minister by the king. The government has three branches: the judicial branch, the executive branch, and the legislative branch.

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Refugees Fleeing Western Sahara Seeking Asylum from 2012 to 2021. Data obtained from UNHCR.

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A map showing the different sides of the conflict, as well as who occupies what land.

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Throughout many times in history, Morocco has tried to claim the neighboring Western Sahara territory as part of its own country. The residents of Western Sahara want independence however, so groups like the Polisario Front were formed by the locals to push back against Morocco claiming ownership over their land. Morocco and the Polisario Front did have a thirty year ceasefire, but it ended recently in 2020 at the request of the Sahrawi Republic (The Polisario Front's government).

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Flag of Morocco

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Welcome to my World Studies Middle East Project!

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Welcome to my World Studies Middle East Project!

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The country I chose to study is Morocco.