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Every year in southern Europe, five million tonnes of fruit and vegetables are harvested for supermarket shelves. But those supermarkets are seeking ever lower prices, and are using the influx of migrants and illegal seasonal workers to cut costs. Our reporters went to meet the few workers brave enough to speak out against this illegal system – and the people who try to help those who have become modern-day slaves.
If you check the labels on your fruit and vegetables, many of them are likely to say “Produce of Spain” or “Produce of Italy”. But some of those goods are being picked by desperate migrants being exploited by unscrupulous companies. In Spain, many pickers have fake contracts and no social security. In Italy, many of them are in fact taking orders from the Mafia. FRANCE 24’s reporters went to investigate the shocking conditions these migrants are forced to work under.
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It's hilarious that I know a Danish girl who got smoked and burned out in Australia doing the same thing before COVID, while Denmark and every other EU country have the exact same fruit picking nonsense going on, there is no safety anywhere 😛😛😛
Jimmy speak Spanish and French, billingual people are useful. What he's doing is beneath him
Very interesting, the romanian woman at the beggining said that it’s good work. She doesn’t complain. It’s hard work, yes, and the pesticide problem should be resolved, but other than that, nothing wrong here.
The europeans criticize Qatar for slave labour, but ironically they also do it. Why like this? Daily routine of torturing africans.
Slaves don't get paid, these individuals who tried to make a living through below standard wage are the ones who bid for a lower wage, it's a tight competition in the labor market, you have to compete to be able to survive, there's no slave here, it's all about competition.
So much for “Europe’s Christian heritage – it obviously ends at the foot and altar of the golden calf. Wonder where the self-proclaimed defenders of Europe’s “Christian identity”? The Christianity in which I was raised and steeped, is rooted in “doing to others as you would have done to you”, from Christ, who certainly was NOT European.
It's absolutely ridiculous that these migrants should have to pay taxes to fund a system that does nothing for them. Once technology allows for crop production in Africa, the workers can actually own their own farms and keep the profit.
The real fruit pickers are eastern europeans.
Cheap labour that's all the farmers are looking for hence why they don't want British fruit pickers on there payroll what's the point of advertising when they don't even reply back to British applicants
Never meet a poor farmer yet ,greedy buggers,get paid for growing ,get paid for not growing ,
They're free to leave whenever they want. What's the problem?
Canadian, Ice land, Minus 35 degrees, exact Slavic culture.Tax extracted, selling trade is just part of slave transaction.
Slavery around the world… Humanity is pretty s hitty form of life..
The money they pay to traffickers to cross them over the ocesn in boats is enough to start a small business in Africa
If they didn't cross the ocean, lack of workers would cause them to buy tomatoes and strawberries from your own countries.
EVEN SO, SMALL OR BIG BUSINESS HAVE TO RESPECT HUMAN RIGHT!. NO EXPLOITATION!!!
BUSINESS TO GROW IN BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC ALSO THE WORKERS, ZERO TOLERANCE EXPLOITATION!!!
I would burn down the whole green house.. wtf slave job.
Evil farmers.
These people earn more than teachers in Hungary… not kidding… but we don't live in slums.
I Feel for them so sad
So sad
Democratic Party 1861 without slaves who will pick our crops Democrats 2019 without illegal immigrants who will pick our crops?
Not slaves
All they want is greediness of money. They love money soo much. Pay them well!!!!!!
Sometimes,l ask,that,are we banished from our Motherlands??? Then why????????????
We have all slept in horrible places like this before. It's not easy at all.
No one should joke with Mother Nature.
Greedy bastards always want to cheat the poor. Nature will surely punish them severely.
This is way illegal immigrants drive down wages!!! Simple supply and demand….
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If they are paid, they are not slaves.
tell the poepleto quit don't work for poeple that have no value on human life…let their produce rot.
African is much better why go away to Europe for that
Well , is a job ! Low skills , low salary ! What do you expect ? Go back to your country if you do not like it !
So are they forced to work the fields with no pay? are they being killed if they refuse to work?. If they are in those conditions is their governments fault, they should be grateful they have a job. Find out where they all came from and blame their government for their condition, ask how much they would be making in their country. Sure Blame the employer.
dead in a desert, or in Europe picking fruit… what a difficult choice..
Now next thing will happen , these people will be deprived of slavery as well😲😲😲… people need food shelter .. be it slavery… what is alternative ???? What did you do to dying Africans out of food deprivation .. caused by corrupt governments and multinationals…. fact is IMPERIALISM… colonists doing it all… exploiting …IMF AND BANKS…
Africans we better love our continent
Amazing when Africans ONLY think they are supposed to fight for rights against Europeans in Europe.. while stupidity starts at home that causes these workers accept exploitation in Europe..! Charity starts at home.. one cant fight for people who are in Europe illegally in the first place! Why not make them go to European jobs LEGALLY..? TOTAL HYPOCRISY..!
Slavery exists everywhere in different forms than old days. They get paid but most of the cases it's less than the average. Some cases working conditions are worse than it seems.
leftists sure love their illegal workers.