Morocco's new ambassador to Spain, Karima Benyaich, officially took office yesterday by issuing the credentials to King Felipe VI, says Iusport. Karima Benyaich, the first woman to head the Moroccan Embassy in Madrid, attended a ceremony at the Royal Palace, where other diplomatic representatives also presented their accreditation. The diplomat then went to the Madrid municipality of Las Rozas, where she met Luis Rubiales, president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF). She urged
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.
According to an investigation published in 2010 by Spanish newspaper El Pais, complaints denouncing sexual abuse have been lodged since 2010.
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.
Nine Moroccan female workers have reported to the Spanish Civil Guard alleged sexual and labor abuses when working in a strawberry farm in the Huelva province in Southern Spain, reports EFE on Monday. These Moroccan women, working temporarily in Spain, were seen in front of the Labor Inspectorate in Huelva with Podemos deputy Diego Cañamero, who told media that complaints were filed Sunday before the Civil Guard. Four of the above-mentioned Moroccan women said that they were sexually
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.
Police in Balerma (Spain), collaborating with the Interpol, have arrested a Moroccan national for committing high-technology crimes, reports 20 minutos. The 29-year-old man, identified as O.A., was arrested on May 28. He is accused of «illegally installing and using a five SIM-card platform, with a 'VoIP' port and a router», says the same source. Thanks to applications, he could also scan networks, detect network servers and exploit system vulnerabilities, to make «millions
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.
More than 400 Moroccan minors are reportedly living on their own in Melilla, according to the Minister of Social Welfare of the Autonomous City, Daniel Ventura, told Melilla Hoy. All these unaccompanied Moroccan minors have their identity documents on them, which shows that they «arrive in Melilla with the help of organized groups». This number «is large enough to suggest that this situation is directly planned by third parties or by the parents themselves who send
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.