In recent years, new mobility dynamics led by immigrants have emerged in Morocco. The waves of migrants and displaced people come from countries experiencing social, economic, and political hardships, especially from western and central Africa, with a hope to reach Europe via Morocco. However new laws have grounded immigrants in Morocco, where they have to make a living in the informal sector. This paper explores the relationships among gender, migration and work in a transnational context. Specifically, it explores the participation of sub-Saharan female migrants working as street vendors in the informal sector. Why and how do sub-Saharan women migrants living in Morocco end up working in the informal sector? How does this form of work affect their lives as women and migrants? What are the key things which structure their interaction with the informal sector? The research is based on interviews with 50 migrants who are working as informal street vendors in the central urban area (Casablanca) and also the border area (Oujda). These cities all have a large number of female sub-Saharan migrants and are centers of informal sector activities. The paper argues that informal labor can serve as an important refuge for the disadvantaged migrant workers. However, their status as migrants and as women put them at risk of experiencing multiple forms of violence during their journeys to and through Morocco.