Huelva Gate : Mohamed Yatim to implement a circular migration model

Seven months after ten Moroccan farm workers have stood up against sexual assaults in strawberry fields in Huelva, they are still in Spain awaiting the end of their trial. Meanwhile in Morocco Mohamed Yatim said he wants to implement a circular migration model for these workers.

Huelva Gate : Moroccan farm workers in Spain criticize Mohamed Yatim's indifference

Ten Moroccan farm workers have stood up against sexual assaults they have been subjected to while working in strawberry fields in Huelva. Betrayed by a Spanish Trade Union, that supported them since the beginning of their coming out, these women denounce the neglect of the Moroccan authorities.

Mohamed Yatim gives his version of the story on his love affair in Paris

Yatim hails the Ministry’s program while women in Huelva say they were exploited and harassed

While several other Moroccan women in Huleva denounce abuses, Employment and Vocational Training Minister Mohamed Yatim hails the sending program. The latter allows several Moroccan women to work in Spain’s strawberry fields through seasonal contracts.

Huelva Gate : For a strawberry producer, reports on alleged abuses are part of a hate campaign

For the president of strawberry producer FreshHuelva, reports on alleged sexual abuses in the fields are part of well-plotted campaign launched to affect the sector.

Huelva Gate : Moroccan strawberry pickers send a message to Mohamed Yatim

In May, several Moroccan women broke their silence, speaking out against alleged sexual and labor abuses in Huelva’ strawberry fields. Yabiladi was able to contact one of the Moroccan farm workers who were able to flee a farm in Southern Spain and lodge a complaint against her alleged aggressor.

Huelva Gate : Mohamed Yatim refers to only 12 «isolated cases»

In a meeting held by the Commission for Social Sectors in the House of Representatives Mohamed Yatim spoke about the Huelva Gate. Before promising to better the working conditions of Moroccan strawberry pickers in Spain, he downplayed complaints filed against farm-owners.

Huelva Gate : Dozens of strawberry pickers are sent to Morocco as others report abuse

More than fifty women in a strawberry farm in Huelva are believed to be sent Tuesday to Morocco two months before the expiry of their visas. Speaking to El Espanol, one of these women believes that the company is «getting rid of them» before they report abuse.

Moroccan women in Huelva's fields : Mohamed Yatim sticks to his guns

Moroccan women in Huelva's farms : Yatim backtracks on the ministry's formal declaration