Greece: The misery of migrant workers | European Journal

  • 10 years ago
Thousands of undocumented seasonal laborers work in Greece. On the Peloponnese, they work for starvation wages harvesting strawberries and potatoes, often under conditions akin to modern-day slavery. Last year, 20 Bangladeshi strawberry pickers were shot and wounded by their foremen for demanding months of unpaid wages owed to them. The Greek courts acquitted the farmers who admitted to the shooting.

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