Farm owners in Huelva say Moroccan strawberry pickers are called «prostitutes» by their bosses

In a shocking account, three farm owners in Huelva gave an insider point of view of how Moroccan strawberry pickers are treated in the fields. They are called «prostitutes» by their bosses reported the three men when speaking to El Espanol.

Huelva Gate : Complaints denouncing sexual abuse date back to 2010, according to El Pais

According to an investigation published in 2010 by Spanish newspaper El Pais, complaints denouncing sexual abuse have been lodged since 2010.

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 : Nine farm workers file complaints against their managers

Hundreds of Moroccan women are allegedly being held in a strawberry farm in Huelva

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.

Huelva's farms : Four Moroccan women report alleged sexual abuses to the Spanish authorities

According to the prosecutor’s office in Andalucía, four Moroccan women working in Huelva’s strawberry farms have lodged complaints against their manager over alleged sexual abuses. The latter was arrested last Friday as part of an investigation initiated by the Spanish authorities.

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

Moroccan women in Huelva have reported their managers’ abuse to the Kingdom’s consulate

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.

Moroccan women in Huelva's fields : Spain arrests the first suspect

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.

Moroccan women in Spain's fields : ANAPEC’s acting director reiterates the Ministry’s stand

Contacted by Yabiladi to comment on the situation of the Moroccan women working in agricultural fields in Spain, ANAPEC’s acting director Noureddine Benkhalil retrieted the Ministry’s stance on the featured last week in a communiqué. For him «an isolated case should not affect the whole program».