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Millions of migrant workers face exploitation in Europe’s fields, harvesting the fruit and vegetables that many of us purchase. This was the stark finding of a disturbing investigation published last …
Rotten at the core: the silent exploitation of migrant fruit & veg pickers Read More
One afternoon, in mid-May, Nancy was eating with five of her coworkers. All of them are Indigenous Q’eqchi’ Maya women from the municipality of Cobán — located in Alta Verapaz, …
Indigenous Guatemalans denounce exploitation on Mexican farms: ‘Bananas are worth more than us’ Read More
The tariff wars between the US and its trade partners have rarely been out of the news since the US president, Donald Trump, revealed his plans for sweeping “liberation day” levies …
How tariff wars are reshaping migration and raising the risk of human rights abuses in supply chains Read More
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Tuesday drew instant jeers when she defended the mass deportation of immigrant farm laborers and suggested that they could be replaced by Americans who …
Trump Agriculture Chief Mocked for Suggesting Medicaid Recipients Could Replace Deported Farm Workers Read More
For Enoch Aikins, a political economist who focuses on Africa, the topic of sending money home to relatives is personal. “I can use myself as an example, as somebody that comes …
Trump remittance tax to hit Africans hard Read More
In November 2023, Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, gathered the country’s top prosecutors at the headquarters of the powerful anti-mafia and anti-terrorism directorate, the DNAA. The far-right leader flattered them, …
EU migration strategy: treat migrants like the mafia Read More
Ladnun, India and Padua, Italy – When Sandeep migrated from India’s Rajasthan state to Italy in 2009, he was fulfilling a long-held dream of relocating overseas for a better life. But …
An Indian fixer lured workers to Italy. They say he used threats, violence Read More
Last Monday, Punjabi farmworker Satnam Singh suffered critical injuries in an accident on an Italian farm — and then his boss left him to die. The shocking case showed how …
Migrant workers sent $650bn overseas last year – what it means – Copy Read More
Mina Hamid*, who hails from Kabul, Afghanistan, and moved to the Netherlands at the age of 11, says she will never forget the first time she sent money to help …
Migrant workers sent $650bn overseas last year – what it means Read More
When Edmund Ekott, a Nigerian front-end developer, decided to relocate to Germany in 2022, he had to deal with an exasperating immigration process. He went through a prolonged back-and-forth with …
New visa programs spark brain drain fears across Africa Read More