Millions of migrant farmworkers are exploited in the fields of Europe, according to a report by the NGO Oxfam published on 5 June.
“Around one in four workers in the European agricultural sector is a migrant. Migrant workers face violence, long working hours and systematic underpayment“, says the NGO.
The European agricultural industry “exploits at least 2.4 million migrants who harvest fruit and vegetables in Europe. The report highlights a systemic violation of migrant workers’ rights under European Union labour and human rights legislation in nine EU countries” where migrant workers are paid below the minimum wage, with women also receiving lower wages.
“In the Spanish region of Huelva, half of the women surveyed said they earned less than their male counterparts, while in Italy, female migrant workers said they earned up to 30% less than their male counterparts”.
The countries studied were Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, Spain and Poland.
Link to the report: https://aeur.eu/f/ck0 (Original version in French by Solenn Paulic)