A study by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre shows the number of migrants in the EU working in agriculture increased from 2011 to 2017, with a particularly significant upward trend in Denmark, Spain, and Italy.
The United Nations want Italy to do more to prevent the exploitation of migrant farmworkers and to dismantle the illegal labor system known as "caporalato."
SfruttaZero produces ecological tomato sauce with the help of migrant farmworkers. The two associations that run the project in Puglia, Italy, have criticized the new security decree and said that "the ethical and moral duty to resist" drives their work.
A young Nigerian woman is dead after a fire broke out on Wednesday in three buildings in Metaponto di Bernalda, in the southern Italian region of Basilicata - a deprived area where dozens of migrant farmworkers live.
One year ago, 16 migrant farmworkers in southern Italy died on their way home when their vans were crushed by trucks in two separate incidents. Now, the local prefecture held a conference presenting the measures they are taking against the exploitation of migrant farmworkers.
Five asylum seekers and refugees are finding their way back to independence and happiness through working the land of farmer Cedric Herrou, who has become famous for helping migrants in the Roya Valley in France.
Farmhands working in fields near Foggia in southern Italy have staged a protest in the basilica of Bari to call for the right to housing and the issuing of stay permits. Attacks on migrant shantytowns continue, said the agricultural workers' union USB.
Italy’s Lazio region has taken measures to fight exploitation in the agricultural sector and combat gang masters. The project, entitled “For quality work in agriculture” includes an app to help fight the exploitation of workers and to support farms who are following legal practices.
After spending seven years in Spain, Issa went back to live in his village in Senegal. He told InfoMigrants that many people who are headed to Europe underestimate how hard life can be for migrants.
Humus is a service that wants to make farm work more sustainable and ethical in the Cuneo region in Italy. It allows different agriculture businesses to "share" workers. The goal is to provide year-round employment to workers, while firms only hire them seasonally.
The project "Dolcetto" for cooperation in development in Togo aims to provide work opportunities to cultivate organic pineapples in Togo in the hope of averting migration to Europe in the search of work abroad.
Angela Merkel's government has declared Africa a policy focus and Germany's presence on the continent has expanded significantly. However, aid organizations say in a new report that the country has the wrong priorities.