Every year, Morocco sends seasonal workers to southern Spain to participate to the harvest season. However, coronavirus travel bans have impacted the harvest with only a few workers left to cover the season.
In Spain, religious leaders of Moroccan and Syrian origin have been rallying to replace the former president of the Islamic Commission of Spain, who died after testing positive for coronavirus.
Several Moroccans have found themselves stranded in Morocco and Spain after the two countries agreed on implementing a travel ban to avoid the spread of the novel coronavirus.