Association of Moroccan Immigrant Workers in Spain

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• Moroccan Workers Lead Foreign Contributors to Spanish Social Security Amid Pandemic Decline
  20 February 2021, by Ginette

  The Moroccan community living in Spain tops the ranking of non-EU foreign workers contributing to the Spanish social security system. Moroccans are followed by the Chinese (97,610), according to data published on Thursday by the Ministry of Integration.
  In total, 2,044,669 foreigners were affiliated with the Spanish social security system in January 2021, a decrease of 1.6% compared to December 2020, or 33,967 fewer active people, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Of all foreign workers (…)

• Moroccan Workers Lead Foreign Contributors to Spanish Social Security System
  21 November 2019, by Ginette

  There are more than 262,000 Moroccan workers affiliated with the social security system in Spain as of the end of October 2019. These figures have just been published by the Spanish Ministry of Labor, Migration and Social Security.
  It emerges from these data that Moroccans are now, by far, the first foreigners to contribute to the Spanish Social Security. They are followed by the Chinese, Colombians and Ecuadorians.
  According to the press release, the total number of foreigners (…)

• Moroccan Expats in Spain Face Economic Hardship Amid COVID-19 Crisis
  9 April 2020, by Kamal

  According to the study "Coronavirus Pandemic: Major Impact on the Moroccan Community in Spain" conducted by the Think Tank Policy Center for the New South, the economic and health crisis will have detrimental consequences for the 812,412 Moroccan nationals living in Spain, in addition to the 250,000 naturalized since the year 2000.
  The closure of borders and the suspension of all links between the two countries since March 12 have forced a large part of the Moroccan expatriates to stop (…)

• Surge in Anti-Moroccan Hate Crimes Alarms Rights Groups in Spain
  23 June 2021, by Jonas

  Crimes, violence and other discriminatory acts are multiplying against Moroccans residing in Spain. Faced with the scale of the situation, several human rights organizations are sounding the alarm, calling on the Spanish authorities to act.
  In a statement, the Association of Moroccan Migrant Workers (ATIM) said it was concerned about the resurgence of hostile acts towards the Moroccan community, highlighting a number of incidents recorded in recent weeks.
  The ATIM comments on the (…)