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The third wave of the pandemic hits Andalucía's unemployment figures hard
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...unemployed, bringing the total to 204,293. The province had not seen this level of unemployment since 2014, when it was still beginning to emerge from what was then considered the worst crisis in its history. In addition, there were another 7,473 added to the ... ERTE furloughing scheme in the province, taking the total to 41,516, the highest since July 2020. Malaga is placed second among the Andalusian provinces for the highest rise in unemployment in February. The top position is taken by Jaén, where the ... olive harvesting season has come to an end. The only province in the region that didn’t see a rise in the unemployed was Huelva, mainly due to the start of the strawberry picking season. The unemployment trend for Malaga province.SUR In the case of