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“Global food” and Utilitarian Migration in Huelva

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This chapter analyses the migratory and agricultural context in which this workforce of Moroccan women is hired and managed. It examines in detail how the management system, designed to control the female workers, is set up.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    This act was passed in 1985.

  2. 2.

    Contracts in origin concern states that have signed bilateral agreements concerning migration flows: Morocco, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Romania, Colombia, Poland, and Bulgaria.

  3. 3.

    The programme has become more flexible over recent years, and the current programme does accept women of different nationalities.

  4. 4.

    Regulation (EC) no. 1082/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006.

  5. 5.

    Document drawn up by Cartaya town authorities and accessed on their website.

  6. 6.

    In Spain, the Mayor has real administrative powers and is head of the executive.

  7. 7.

    The important date to remember is 1 January 2009 when the moratorium on the circulation of workers from these countries came to an end.

  8. 8.

    Proyecto Aeneas revisado y actualizado, 23-06-2008 [revised and updated Aeneas Project].

  9. 9.

    Agreement of Collaboration between the National Agency for the Promotion of Employment and Skills (Anapec) and the Foundation for Foreign Workers in Huelva (Futeh) (Convenio de colaboración entre la agencia nacional de promoción del empleo y de las competencias (Anapec) y la fundación para trabajadores extranjeros en Huelva (Futeh)) 10 July 2009.

  10. 10.

    El País, 25 January 2010.

  11. 11.

    After the 2011 local elections, a new team came to power that gave much less emphasis to managing contracts in origin.

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Zeneidi, D. (2017). “Global food” and Utilitarian Migration in Huelva. In: Gender, Temporary Work, and Migration Management. Mobility & Politics. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53252-3_2

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