With the financial crisis in full swing in Spain, the 700,000 Moroccans residing there have to endure a great deal. Those immigrants who have already received Spanish citizenship and so are now EU citizens too, find it particularly easy to obtain a residence permit in Belgium. They take on a job with a fake company using a fake contract, for which they must pay a great deal, and within a few weeks they are able to live off unemployment benefits or OCMW (Public Centre for Social Welfare) benefits. Those who have not yet attained Spanish nationality keep mum about their Moroccan passports, state they are living here illegally and attempt to obtain a regularised residence permit by making use of the current regularisation campaign for aliens. To do this they collect documentary evidence, such as fake leases, fake employment contracts and even fake doctor's certificates - all of which is supposed to prove they have been here for five years. The Antwerp OCMW says that it has a blacklist of suspect companies that provide fake contracts.//en.yabiladi.com/topics/spanish-moroccans-heading-belgium-44-3469403-3469403.html#msg-3469403 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 08:17:58 +0200 Phorum 5.2.15