Moroccan Seasonal Workers Stranded as Border Dispute Halts Repatriation

According to the progressive return plan presented by the main cooperatives of Huelva to the Moroccan authorities, the operation should start this Monday. But since May 21, it has been total silence on the Rabat side, which must give its authorization, reports the Spanish newspaper EL Pais, according to which this has caused concern among farmers, the Spanish government and the workers. According to this return plan scheduled to end in mid-July, two ships were to be chartered per week during the first two weeks of June, and a third from the third week. About 800 women would be transported on each ferry.

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This situation is similar to that of last year, for the same reason, with 7,000 women stranded in Huelva, without work and forced to draw on their earnings from the season.

Seasonal workers in Spain earn a little over 40 euros per day, plus overtime, from which they have to pay for food, water, and electricity costs, in addition to the cost of the round trip ferry, the Spanish media points out, noting that the first permits expire at the end of the summer.