Rabat, June 26 -- A new survey from BBC News Arabic and the Arab Barometer shows that more than 40 % of Moroccans dream of emigrating.

The survey's findings are the result of more than 25,0000 interviews in 11 countries from late 2018 and spring 2019.

"In every place questioned, research suggested that at least one in five people were considering emigrating," the survey said.

The interviews found that those with the desire to leave their countries wanted to do so due to financial considerations.

"Economic reasons were overwhelmingly cited as the driving factor," the report said.

In Morocco, the overall unemployment rate rose from 9.8% in the last quarter of 2019 to 10% in the first fiscal quarter.

The survey shows that 64% of the pe...