Spanish Social Security registered a total of 2,220,097 foreign affiliates, including 263,550 Moroccans, in August, according to Spanish media El Correo Gallego.
Of these foreigners, 780,349 came from EU countries, representing 35.15%, and 1,439,748 are from third countries with a percentage of 64.85.
The largest groups of employed foreigners were those from Romania (324,462), followed by Morocco (263,550), Italy (140,747), and then China (104,339). In total, these groups represent an average of 11.40% of the Spanish population.
The highest increase compared to August 2020 was noticed in the provinces of A Coruña and Ourense, according to the same source.
The number of Moroccans regularly resident in Spain is estimated at 771,683, which represents an increase of 1.4% (+10,968 people) compared to January 1 of the same year, according to the latest figures from the National Institute of Statistics (INE).
Moroccans remain the first foreign community regularly settled in the Iberian country, having a large diaspora due to geographic proximity between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.
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