Agreement to hire 5,000 more Moroccans for the agricultural campaign in Huelva

In total for the 2022/2023 campaign there will be 15,350 workers who will arrive from Morocco The sub-delegate of the Government in Huelva had requested the extension for the good development of the harvests The collaborative program “has not lost its character and vocation of being an example of co-governance and mutual benefit “Spain has agreed with Morocco to increase the number of contracts at origin for the following agricultural campaign 2022/2023 in Huelva. In this way, there will be 5,000 more people than initially considered. Thus, the pre-pandemic figures are equal, as indicated by the Government’s sub-delegation in a press release, after the meeting of the Coordination for Circular Migration. After the crisis with the African country, the good climate of common work has been highlighted. “Guaranteeing the future for women” In total, there will be 15,350 to work in the harvest of fruits such as strawberries in the fields of Huelva. The meeting in Tangier was attended by the ministries of both countries and agricultural associations. The General Director of Migration, Santiago Yerga, has underlined the “importance” of the agreement that allows “not only to maintain fluid collaboration, strengthening relations, but also to guarantee a future project for those women who participate in the program and stop irregular migration” . The sub-delegate of the Government in Huelva, Manuela Parralo, recalled that, first of all, the public job offer is carried out “giving absolute priority to the internal demand for work in the sector”. It has made a balance of 2021/2022 and the design of the strategies for 2023, where the information system for female workers and the novelties in the issuance of work and residence authorizations have been detailed. The program “has not lost its face” In the same way, improvement actions were established in the issuance of visas, as well as the correct organization of exit trips and conditions to enter Spanish territory, responding to an orderly, regular and safe circular migration. In this exchange of synergies, the program “has not lost its character and vocation of being an example of co-governance and mutual benefit for all the agents participating in the sustainable development of the territories, placing people at the center” has recognized the Subdelegation.