
Porters women cross every day the border of Spain with Morocco to the cities of Ceuta and Melilla (Spanish autonomous cities). They cross it on foot, carrying huge bundles that can weigh more than 50 kilos and charge to deposit the goods on the Moroccan side. They can get between 10-15 dollars per day. This business moves millions of euros with benefit for merchants from both sides.
Women do this work so you can enter an amount of money in their homes, is their only means of life. In Melilla, on the border of Chinatown, you can read the posters with the image of porters (men or women) indicating the input that corresponds to them.
Border time is usually from 9:00 to 13:00 hours. In Ceuta, transported merchandise by the passage of The Biutz.
En packages can transport different items such as clothes, shoes, blankets, food, toys or used tires; Although the transport of Chinese goods, mostly textile is increasing.