 With official statistics showing 82,262 unemployed Moroccans in Spain, there were expected to be many who would take advantage of the payments.However, according to provisional figures, the Moroccan population of Spain continued to grow during the year, and had reached 858,000 by the beginning of 2011, 8.8% higher than the 2008 total.Of the 235 jihadists arrested or killed in Spain between 2013-2017, around 46% were of Moroccan descent.