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The UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Olivier De Schutter, has called on Spanish government and companies to protect the rights of Moroccan woman seasonal workers in strawberry farms. He urged the Spanish authorities and agribusinesses to “immediately improve abysmal conditions for neglected migrant laborers” deployed as “essential workers” to pick strawberries […]
EU countries took 66% of Morocco’s foreign trade with Spain topping the list with $15 bln followed by France with $13 bln, the foreign exchange agency said. Spain and France accounted for 58% of overall trade with the EU as Morocco has been steadily diversifying trade partners over the last few years, the agency said […]
Morocco vs the covid-19
After Algeria and the two enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, Morocco launched this Wednesday June 10 an air bridge to repatriate its nationals who were stuck in Malaga since the country closed its borders in March to slow the spread of the coronavirus. According to the news outlet Le360, three flights are scheduled this Wednesday […]
Morocco will begin the repatriation of Moroccans stranded in Spain within 48 hours, Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita announced on Tuesday in Rabat. Addressing the House of Advisors, the official explained that priority will be given to Moroccan nationals living in the south of Spain, particularly Algeciras, before including Catalonia, the Basque Country and capital Madrid. […]
Eight NGOs, including the international organization Women’s Link Worldwide, have called on the United Nations to investigate urgently the human rights violations suffered by the Moroccan women seasonal workers and other migrants who work in the strawberry and red fruit harvest in Huelva, Spain. The NGOs warn of the risk that COVID-19 pandemic poses to […]
Spain’s justice system has inflicted a new blow to the Polisario separatist front by prohibiting the display of its pennant in public buildings. The Spanish Supreme Court, the country’s highest judicial body, has vetoed the use, occasional or permanent, of “unofficial” flags or any political expression inside and outside public buildings. The court’s decision constitutes […]
Every year, thousands of Moroccans, Algerians… living in Europe used to cross Spain on their way to their countries of origin to spend their summer holidays. But this year, this annual transit operation will not start in June as usual due to coronavirus. The announcement was made lately by the Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska. […]
Morocco, which has taken a set of measures to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, stands out as “a very promising market with huge opportunities” for investors in the post-Covid 19 era, outlined a recently released report by the Chamber of Commerce of the Valencia region. Unlike other countries in North Africa, which are directly dependent […]
The government of Spain has dealt a new hard blow to the polisario by ignoring its existence on the occasion of the World Africa Day, celebrated on 25 May. It is a slap in the face for the polisario leaders. Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez showed them they are worth nothing on the international scene. […]