The tragic death of Zahra, a Moroccan migrant worker who came to pick strawberries in Spain
On May 1st a bus overturned in the Huelva province of southern Spain. On board were Moroccan agricultural workers on their way to pick strawberries at one of the huge farms in the region. One of the workers, a woman with five young children, lost her life. Mediapart went to meet some of the crash survivors, who condemned the appalling working conditions they have to endure. Rachida El Azzouzi reports.
'Aïcha' – not her real name – struggles to sit down at the table, casting an anxious eye behind the curtain. “If the boss learns we have met a journalist we'll be expelled and banned from working in Spain,” she says. “We're afraid that a snitch may be keeping an eye on us, we're watched permanently.”
