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As part of the efforts to further expand and extend the migrant worker program, authorities in Spain have unfolded plans to take about 100 people from Senegal to work in Spain starting in April.
According to Info Migrants, the migrants’ workers are expected to work for a limited period of time in Spain before returning home, SchengenVisaInfo.com reports.
Spanish authorities are looking forward to bringing about 100 migrant workers from Senegal during the harvest season that starts in April, according to Reuters.
The government hopes that the scheme will be as successful as the circular migration program with Morocco, which brings to Spain nearly 15,000 seasonal workers each year in order to tackle labour shortages noted in the agricultural sector, according to another government source.
However, this is the first time that Spain extends its scheme to a sub-Saharan African country.
Senegal nationals account for the top five origin countries in terms of the number of applications filed in Spain for international protection, the data of Spain’s Ministry of Interior provided by the Asylum Information Database reveals.
The same source showed that a total of 3,198 asylum applications were filed by citizens of Senegal in 2021.
Spanish authorities have recently increased efforts to facilitate the entry rules for workers from other countries.
Last year, they introduced a pilot project with Honduras in order to bring to the country a total of 250 migrant workers from this territory, while this year, a total of 415 Honduran workers and 102 workers from Ecuador have travelled to Spain in order to pick berries and remaining there for a period of five months.
Previously, the Spanish government introduced new measures to its immigration regulations to facilitate rules for foreign workers in the country.
The amendments also apply to foreigners who do not hold legal documents to live in Spain.
“The update will reduce work permit requirements for foreign national workers who currently reside in Spain. These measures will also apply to foreign nationals who now do not hold the necessary legal documents to live in Spain,” according to a statement provided by Corporate Immigration Partners.
In addition, the Spanish government introduced new changes to the immigration law in order to include migrant workers in the country’s labour market.
Furthermore, undocumented migrants living in Spain for at least two years will now be able to benefit from a temporary residence permit, provided they join in vocational training.
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