Wednesday 22 April 2020

Migrant Workers Spain or India - Suffer

In India, plight of migrant workers specifically after COVID crisis was very intense and painful.

In a report titled Feeding Europe: Spain's fruit and vegetable workers at forefront of Covid-19 crisis the report takes us to the place where the migrant laborers stay i.e. Atochares Slum , Andalasia, Spain.

One fact is clear, migrant laborers even in Spain, considered to be a developed nation, are living in slums with difficult conditions.

Migrant laborers are not treated well anywhere i.e. Spain or India.


Reporting agency FRANCE 24 correctly summed up:

Spain provides Europe with much of its fruit and vegetables, and demand is on the rise amid the coronavirus crisis. But how is the country meeting this increased demand? In the greenhouses of the Andalusia region, managers are implementing safety measures to protect workers. But in the region of Murcia, where many foreign pickers live in slums, unions say it's a different story out in the fields. Meanwhile, Andalusia also counts more than 100 makeshift camps where thousands of illegal pickers live, unattended to by the health service. Our correspondents report. 

Documentary source: R. Balakrishnan

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