BY TYLER DURDEN
WEDNESDAY, AUG 05, 2026 – 02:00 AM
Nearly half of all foreign nationals receiving Spain’s Minimum Living Income (IMV) are Moroccan, according to previously unpublished figures obtained by The Objective through a transparency request.
The National Social Security Institute recorded 139,446 foreign recipients of the benefit, including 69,517 Moroccan nationals.
Foreigners therefore account for approximately half of the nearly 280,000 registered recipients, while Moroccans represent almost 50 percent of the foreign total.
The figures provide the first official nationality-by-nationality breakdown of foreign IMV recipients.
Public statistics had previously distinguished only between Spanish and foreign claimants without identifying their countries of origin.
Romanians formed the second-largest foreign group, with 15,262 recipients, followed by Ukrainians with
Source:
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/half-foreign-welfare-recipients-spain-are-moroccan