Invisible Trajectories: Integration Strategies and Informal Solidarities of Unaccompanied Minors in Morocco

This article explores how unaccompanied migrant minors in Morocco negotiate belonging amid legal precarity and limited institutional access. Drawing on 20 interviews with minors, 10 with nongovernmental organizations (NGO) staff, and ethnographic observations across 4 cities, it examines six intersecting domains: informal learning, precarious work, solidarities, strategic invisibility, cultural and religious practices, and gendered digital resilience. Findings reveal that integration is not linear incorporation but a relational, moral, and infrastructural process enacted within informality. By reframing integration as practice rather than outcome, the study highlights agency, reciprocity, and hybrid citizenship, advancing a South–South theorization of migrant resilience and everyday inclusion.