Ceuta is the door to Europe for sub-Saharan migrants, but it represents also an important commercial junction for North Africa, but to get their products directly into the nation from the European continent would cost Moroccan stores about five times as much as the passage from Ceuta.
Therefore the system of women is more economical for the arrival of goods from Europe to Africa. So while North African business owners reap the benefits of the system, the porteadoras are left frustrated and underpaid.
The Hell of the Porteadoras
