In the province of Huelva, the WAFIRA II program is supporting 225 Moroccan seasonal workers to transform their work stay into an entrepreneurial project. The objective is to promote local economic development upon their final return to Morocco.
The Moroccan and French authorities have just signed a framework agreement to facilitate the recruitment of Moroccan agricultural seasonal workers in French farms.
The General Directorate of Migration of the Spanish government has authorized the recruitment of 5,250 new Moroccan and Honduran seasonal workers to participate in the next strawberry and berry campaign in Huelva.
Dozens of job seekers demonstrated on Tuesday in front of the headquarters of the National Agency for the Promotion of Employment and Skills (ANAPEC), which had thrown away the files submitted by them after the launch of the economic zone activities in Fnideq.
Some 700 female mules will be relocated to textile factories thanks to the integrated program for economic and social development of the prefecture of M’diq-Fnideq, and the province of Tétouan, in collaboration with the National Agency for the Promotion of Employment and Skills (ANAPEC) .
The criminal chamber of the Fès Court of Appeal annulled the judgment rendered at first instance against a couple of entrepreneurs, accused of misappropriation of public funds, forgery and use of forgery. The spouses had benefited from funding from the National Agency for the Promotion of Employment and Skills ANAPEC.
Out of an estimated total of 16,500 Moroccan seasonal workers working in strawberry picking in Spain for the 2020 season, only a group of 7,086 people was able to reach Huelva, given the current context.
Moroccan seasonal workers have already arrived in Huelva, southern Spain, thanks to the National Agency for the Promotion of Employment and Skills (ANAPEC) to pick berries.
The criminal chamber near the Court of Appeal of Fez sentenced the director of a cleaning company and her husband, the manager of a training company, to one year in prison with a fine of 10,000 dirhams, for embezzlement of public funds.
The data recorded in the latest report of the Ministry of Labor and Professional Integration indicate that the exodus of skills continues dangerously.
Morocco "produces" about 8,000 IT (information technology) profiles annually and about 600 of them choose to work elsewhere. ANAPEC and APEBI have found two solutions: facilitating the recruitment of foreign skills and training more Moroccan profiles.
Expected in Spain starting February 5, Moroccan strawberry pickers will be able to count on support measures from Morocco this year. Last year, several complaints had been filed by them concerning, among other things, sexual harassment, grueling work schedules and non-compliance with their contracts.