Spain Cuts Moroccan Seasonal Farm Worker Quota by 30% Amid Pandemic Challenges

This year, 30% of the 7,000 women selected last year will have to remain in Morocco. They will not be able to participate in the harvesting of berries, mainly strawberries, in [Spain], says a press release from the Spanish agricultural organization Asaja-Huelva. This quota reduction affects not only Asaja-Huelva but also the rest of the agricultural organizations.

On site, in the harvest fields, everything is ready to welcome the new workers, provided that a new wave of contamination does not start again. In total, 100,000 direct and indirect jobs are generated through this new campaign.

According to the same press release, nearly 80,000, including about 65,000 women, are recruited in the fields. Most of this workforce comes from Eastern European and African countries. As for the rest of the workforce, it is provided by the Andalusian employment service and the SEPES.