RT journal article
T1 COVID-19, legal changes and challenges: Moroccan domestic workers at the Spanish-Moroccan border
T2 COVID-19, cambios normativos y desafíos: trabajadoras del hogar marroquíes en la frontera española-marroquí
A1 Parella, Sónia
A1 Dallmann, Janna
A1 Boza Martínez, Diego
A1 Granda, Lucía
A2 Derecho Internacional PúblicoPenal y Procesal
K1 domestic workers
K1 care
K1 border closure
K1 cross-border work
K1 working women
K1 trabajadoras del hogar
K1 cuidado
K1 cierre fronterizo
K1 trabajo transfronterizo
K1 mujeres trabajadoras
AB This article analyzes the transformations of the normative framework governing the situation of Moroccan women employed in the care sector in Ceuta and Melilla, the two Spanish autonomous cities constituting the only European land borders on the African continent. It focuses on the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath, examining how the border closure on March 14, 2020, disrupted the circular mobility that had sustained cross-border care work, exacerbating existing precarity and altering the legal and institutional environment. Drawing on a legal analysis and qualitative interviews, the article highlights the complexity of the challenges faced by cross-border care workers. It explores theirworking and living conditions that are shaped by intersecting inequalities and shifting regulations. Ultimately, the study situates these experiences within broader debates on the intersection of care work, border controls, and migration, revealing how normative changes affect mobility and livelihoods at Europe's southern frontier.
PB Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
SN 0187-6961
YR 2025
FD 2025
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/39349
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/39349
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 05-nov-2026