From the Al-Maghrib to the Al-Gharb

Over the last few decades, the process of economic modernisation in Southern European countries has resulted, inter alia, in an increasing demand for a young, low-skilled workforce to work in labour-intensive sectors such as tourism, civil construction and agriculture. Noteworthy among these changes has been the increasing incorporation of international migrants – a cheaper and less demanding workforce – as an active labour force in these sectors (King, 2000; Ribas-Mateos, 2004; Kasimis, 2009; Arnalte-Alegre and Ortiz-Miranda, 2013).