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.
The Guinean region of Mamou has long seen its young people leave to seek their luck in the bigger cities. But things have gotten particularly bad in the last five years due to the mass exodus to Europe. We visited Dara, a village where elders have to split the heavy farming workload between themselves to survive.
A group of Italian doctors launched an appeal in the British Medical Journal to stop the exploitation of migrants who work in Italian farming. The doctors said the migrants are field slaves who allow for Italian tomatoes to be sold at low prices worldwide year-round.
Police in Salerno and in other areas across Italy have carried out an operation against a criminal ring allegedly exploiting undocumented migrants and forcing them into slavery.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is supporting the establishment of livestock farmer groups in Burkina Faso, in collaboration with the local government and with funding from the European Union. The goal: To help returning migrants rebuild their lives back home.
Migrants working on Spanish farms face hard times due to the back-breaking jobs and low wages they receive. InfoMigrants met a Moroccan woman who struggles to make ends meet.
The Moroccan government is expected to send 20,000 women as seasonal workers to Spain to pick strawberries and red fruits in 2019 - a 20 percent increase compared to this year. The women who will be selected have to fulfill certain criteria. They can't be over 39, unmarried or childless.
A project titled "Sfruttazero" (Zero Exploitation) in Italy's southern city of Bari produces tomato sauce that is completely free from exploitation of migrant farm workers. The project has been active for five years and is run by the Solidaria association.
This photo shows the demonstration in Italy's Foggia region held by unions and several associations after 16 farm workers lost their lives in recent days area due to vehicle accidents. 'No more workplace deaths' and 'No to slavery' are some of the slogans that accompanied the march.
Approximately 10 percent of farm laborers are foreign and Italians are less inclined to take up agricultural work, according to the Confederation of Italian Farmers (CIA). The organization is working to combat exploitation.
Refugees in northwestern Kenya have found a way to create income by selling produce from their own patches of land. The plots are allotted as part of a social and economic development project funded by the EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa.