Abstract

GUALDA CABALLERO, Estrella  and  RUIZ GARCIA, Marta. Migración femenina de Europa del Este y mercado de trabajo agrícola en la provincia de Huelva, España. Migr. Inter [online]. 2004, vol.2, n.4, pp.37-65. ISSN 2594-0279.

The Spanish government's new policy of hiring seasonal migrant workers has launched a new stage in the process of agricultural-worker substitution in the province of Huelva. Initially, the exodus of Spanish seasonal workers encouraged the arrival of foreign workers, principally Moroccans. Now, those workers, who came from the Maghreb region of northwestern Africa, are being displaced by female workers from Eastern Europe, primarily from Poland, Romania, and Bulgaria. This article analyzes the processes of labor exclusion of Maghreb workers, and the insertion and mobility of the female workers from Eastern Europe, who, nevertheless, are subjected to intense stigmatization by the local society. This has provoked an increase of inter-ethnic conflict based on labor-market competition.

Keywords : international migration; labor market; agricultural workers; Eastern Europe; Spain.

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