Moroccan cross-border workers, mainly domestic workers, who traveled daily from Nador to Melilla before the borders were closed, are still unemployed. They are demanding the reimbursement of their social security contributions in Spain.
Deprived of their pensions for months or even years due to the dematerialization of services, Moroccan retirees living in France, gathered within the Retraite IDF collective, have decided to demonstrate to demand their rights.
The national police arrested in Bilbao a Moroccan couple who exploited migrants through labor. In addition to prison sentences, they face fines of 10,000 euros for each person exploited.
Elderly migrants, especially of North African origin, "who have not contributed enough to have a decent pension," are the most targeted by the pension reform in France, according to the Association of Maghreb Workers of France (ATMF).
The Minister of Finance, Bruno Le Maire, denounced on Tuesday the fraud practiced by some people who send social benefits "to the Maghreb". A statement that has aroused the ire of the left.
The Podemos party is asking Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska to investigate a rumor about some 1,600 Moroccans who would have illegally registered for an apartment in Barcelona where only five would live in order to receive social assistance and vote in the upcoming municipal elections.
The government plans to grant a monthly financial aid to all underprivileged families . This flagship measure of the country’s social protection generalization process will be effective as early as this year, according to the government spokesman.
The Spanish police arrested 43 people in Malaga involved in a case of exploitation of Moroccan migrants through work and social security fraud.
In order to broaden the tax base, the government is considering taking new measures towards companies in the financial sector. Thus, from 2026, banks must bear a rate of 40% on their profits and pay an additional 5% for the social solidarity contribution.
Morocco and the African Development Bank (AfDB) have signed two loan agreements to finance a cereal farming project and the generalization of social coverage, for an amount of more than 3.1 billion dirhams.
Pending the nationwide rollout in 2023 of social benefits at the national level , the government proceeded on October 27 to the launch of the Unified Social Registry (RSU) in five provinces and prefectures of the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra region.
The government plans to grant in 2023 a direct monthly financial aid to all underprivileged families . More specifically, seven million children and 3 million families will be concerned.