A 30-year-old Ivorian citizen has filed a lawsuit at the European Court of Human Rights; asking for Italy to be condemned over the "inhuman and degrading conditions" in which he has been forced to live whilst working on the harvest.
Without an extension of stay permits for foreign seasonal workers, the harvest season is at risk, the organization of Italian agricultural producers, Coldiretti, has warned.
An app has been launched in Italy's southeastern city of Foggia for agricultural workers in rural areas nearby to reserve a place on a free bus. It will also help to counter labor exploitation.
Tens of thousands of Indians, mainly Sikhs from the Punjab region, live and work in Italy’s Pontine Marshes. Most live like slaves, in spite of ongoing efforts to bring attention to the problem.
Italy's southern Apulia region has banned farm work during the hottest hours of the day, following the death of a migrant worker. Camara Fantamadi, from Mali, collapsed and died last week after working in the open in 40-degree heat.
Italian authorities have carried out a sweeping operation that led to the arrest of seven people, including farmers and an alleged Senegalese gangmaster. Migrant workers had allegedly been forced to work very long shifts for just a few euros an hour.
A new report has denounced the labor conditions for migrant agriculture workers on the Gioia Tauro plain in southern Calabria. The report is published by the Italian organization Doctors for Human Rights (MEDU).
Farm laborers from Asia flock to the European country known for its booming agricultural exports. The workers are often brought by gangs of traffickers and are forced to endure inhumane living conditions.
Italian agricultural organization Coldiretti said the region of Apulia, in southern Italy, has been assigned 320 additional non-EU laborers for farm work in the region, which is in serious difficulty due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Twenty-four migrants who have applied for asylum or have international protection in Italy will participate in a training near Siena (Tuscany) to learn how to harvest grapes and olives in the land of the Brunello wine.
The Italian farm group Coldiretti has warned that nearly 50,000 workers could be lost during a critical phase of the harvest. The association has called for new rules on non-EU migrant workers and an extension of stay permits.
Labor unions CGIL and FLAI CGIL of Siena said they received reports of exploitation and violence against foreign workers in companies that offer specific services to farms in the area of Val d'Elsa, in the Italian region of Tuscany.