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.
Some 250,782 Moroccans were affiliated to social security in Spain by the end of April, according to official figures. Moroccans rank first among foreign non-EU workers affiliated to social security in Spain, followed by the Chinese (101,109 people) and Ecuadorans (70,915), the Spanish ministry of Labor and Social Security said Tuesday in a release. The number of foreigners who are affiliated to social security reached in the same period 1,930,622. The number of Moroccans living legally in
According to a report presented Monday in Madrid and conducted by NGO Save the Children, 6,414 unaccompanied minor migrants arrived in Spain in 2017, a number that increased by 60% compared to the previous years, says Eco Diario. According to the same source, during the same year, 2,417 newcomers with an immigrant background were registered, 2,147 of them arrived using boats. In the previous years, the total number of unaccompanied minor migrants did not exceed 4,000 registered
Members of a gang suspected of kidnapping migrants after they arrive to Spain have been arrested, Thursday, by the Spanish police, says AFP. The gang used to allegedly wait for migrants coming from Morocco in the port of Algeciras (southern Spain), bring them to a house in the same city in an attempt to find their families in Spain. Members of the gang would hold the migrants for ransom, take their phones and belongings and call their families asking for money, says a police statement. Gang
Supporters of the Polisario at the Spanish parliament have submitted a draft bill, largely in favor of the Front. The suggestion was rejected by the People’s Party.
A Moroccan national, suspected of being a drug trafficker, has been arrested in Mijas (southern Spain), after the French authorities issued a red notice against him, reports Diario Sur. The 36-year-old man is one of the leaders of a drug trafficking network operating in Morocco, France and the Netherlands. The criminal organization was carrying cannabis resin in vans across the three countries, said the same source. Living in Mijas, the Moroccan national was arrested by an agent from the same
Sixty years after his first match as a professional player for CD Malaga, Abdallah Ben Barek El Antaki aka «Abdallah Malaga» has stood at the Rosaleda stadium in Malaga again. The city paid homage to the Moroccan footballer who once played football with King Hassan II.
Former Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodriquez Zapatero has announced the weekend that he is backing Morocco’s bid to host the 2026 World Cup, EFE says. Zapatero stated that «hosting the international tournament will be a huge achievement for Morocco, adding that he is working with Morocco to fulfill that». Football federations from Africa, Asia, Europe and even the Americas have shown support for the Moroccan bid. For the record, Morocco is the only nation
The former head of the Spanish intelligence services, Jorge Dezcallar, who served from 2001 to 2004, praised the collaboration between his country and Morocco in the fight against terrorism. Cooperation «has always been excellent even during moments when the two countries have political differences», he said in an interview with Elconfidencial. In fact, collaborating to fight against radical islamist groups, he said, offers politicians «reliable channels» to
Spanish civil guard rescued, earlier this morning, 14 migrants who were on an inflatable boat near the Gibraltar territorial waters heading to Cadiz, a coastal city in southern Spain, said EFE on Wednesday. Twelve Moroccan nationals were among the 14 migrants rescued this morning. «Six to eight of them are minors», said news agency Europa Press. The other two passengers, who are believed to be Spanish smugglers, were arrested. According to sources from the Civil Guard, the boat