Picking for Europe: The harsh realities of migrant farm workers | DW Documentary

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Picking for Europe: The harsh realities of migrant farm workers | DW Documentary


Every year, one million migrants harvest Europe’s fields, picking the produce that fills supermarkets. That bounty of fruits and vegetables comes at a cost – as most of the harvesters live and work in precarious conditions.

Among them is Seydou from Mali. He harvests oranges in southern Italy from December to March – working without a…

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  1. Thank you that information. Illegal immigrants are a disorder for a civilized society, when they come from another country they will send money for their family, their money will be spent for their family. Each person chooses what to work and where to work, if you don't like that job the solution is to change to another job.

  2. Is that how we accept foreign workers – for work we won't do – under EU rules?? How about fixing retail prices. Give them papers, charge minimum taxes, drive the base prices up so shops have to charge a little more? These people deserve better. Slave labour should be history.

  3. We could grow more fruit and vegetables in colder EU countries. Unfortunately the government prohibits building a greenhouse by having zoning laws etc. You can't just buy a plot of land and build a passive solar greenhouse. You are forced to buy your fruit from the supermarkets.

  4. Honestly im European and this is bullsht , they cry that they work in the farms …. i see nothing bad honestly, this is a video to ask more attention to migrants.
    Stop the manipulation and let the people work or go home . Same rules apply to europeans as well .

  5. I actually have this idea of separation of currency based purchase markets to something that doesn’t make ends meet but sometimes more important than money.

    Farmers get priced out, they also do.

    What if we just do exchange of goods rather than money.

    There’s countless donation of clothes, daily essential goods, if they ever have some left or with a quota

    why don’t we just ask if some of the sectors that are important but doesn’t make any money, instead of buying 30 dollar shirts on Amazon or 15 dollar shirt on temu aliexpress, just have these shirts, because sometimes these money let’s say goes into third world countries it will probably depreciate 10% a year anyways. Even if migrant workers work in the Europe they still need to sent money back.

    Compared to junk money might as well ship stuff in mass quantity back to their village, by doing so we can cut down on waste, right now all the rich people or big corporations are thinking about how not to waste money, not a lot of people are thinking about how to prevent material waste.

    Also in a sense it builds logistics, which is first step in regional prosperity 😏

  6. That is not true! Most of the migrants don't work!!! And you cannot see a lot of migrants on the fields picking vegetables and fruits. They prefer to take social money, get free education and get the most easy jobs. This is REALLY BAD VIDEO CONTENT! 😑😑😑😑

  7. Workers work hard and should be given the right daily wages and must not be exploited. But all boils down to money and profits for the farm owners, suppliers, and supermarkets. This is modern-day slavery. 😮

  8. I DO NOT THINK IN THE AFRICAN CONTINENT YOU CAN FIND PEOPLE LIVING IN THIS KIND OF HOUSES: FARMING JOBS IN AFRICA ARE RESPECTED BECAUSE IT IS THE SOURCE OF FOOD; IT'S NOT ABOUT MAKING A PROFIT, IS RESPECT TO HUMANITY

  9. if ur not a SKILLED WORKER and go for a ILLEGAL PROCESS GOING TO OTHER COUNTRY

    PLS. DONT HAVE TOOOO MUCH HIGH HOPES THAT U CAN LAND EASILY IN A NICE LEGAL PAYING JOBS
    ESP. IF U LOAN MONEY IN UR HOME COUNTRY TO PAY THE EXPENSES ON MIGRATING COZ 99% SURE U WILL GET DISAPPOINTED BY THE RESULT WHEN U ARRIVE AT THE COUNTRY UR DREAMING OF

    i hope this documentary serves as a lesson to everyone whose planning to migrate or work overseas

  10. 54:04 😢 feel sad for this man
    if its easy for them to go to portugal why not in due process where ur paper is legal where u have can get the rights and benefits

    also his mindset is he thinks living abroad is that so easy 😢very typical village thinking
    this kind of mindset is easy to be scammed for surw

  11. 50:44 sad reality that ur family and relatives back home
    actually most of the people in the society thinking people who work and live abrod has eay life and living laviciously

    that there is no hardships and sufferings
    if only they knew

  12. If all these people could get similar jobs in their own countries and earn enough money to live with their families, they wouldn't have to take such risks abroad. Their countries need to be rebuilt for their own people.
    Then there would be no pickers in rich countries and would start picking the fruit by themselves.