Hundreds of Moroccan women were held in a strawberry farm in Huelva, Spain, Sunday awaiting their deportation to Morocco. Local media believe that these women are being prevented from ratifying sexual abuses allegations against their managers.
After the Moroccan Ministry of Employment and Vocational Training denied on several occasions the veracity of the alleged sexual abuses witnessed by Moroccan women in Huelva's strawberry fields, a well-informed source told Yabiladi that these female workers reported the abuses to the Kingdom’s consulate in Seville.
After Buzzfeed News published an investigation on Moroccan women working in strawberry farms in Southern Spain, revealing that some of them are subjected to abuse and sometimes rape, Spanish authorities made their first arrest in connection with the case. The arrest comes as the Moroccan Ministry of Employment denied on several occasions the veracity of the alleged sexual abuses.
After Buzzfeed News published an investigation on Moroccan women working in strawberry farms in Southern Spain, revealing that some of them are subjected to abuse and sometimes rape, El Espanol met seven women in Huelva. They have claimed being blackmailed by their managers into having sex.