mine shafts instead of going to class others can attend classes tonight after they finish shooting. millions of children all over the world who have to go to school. we ask why. because education makes the world more just. make up your own mind. d.w. make for minds could work out of. several gemini packing plants which hit last year by the coronavirus thousands of workers were infected into the main. if nothing else my memo never go back to germany it was the worst experience i've ever had was a bottle again amy. more than full mean romanians work in foreign countries

mostly in western europe many who was from no ok some can visit their families only a few weeks a year. or bethel has to earn money so that we can survive them cinna this group. this has created a labor shortage in romania so many employers have hired workers from asia they usually pay the minimum wage doesn't treat us palo verde i made all day is really hard work that in. any way i need to provide for my wife and son to give them a nice life that's why i came to romania.

in april 2020 jury a new wave of cofee cases in europe 25000 romanians left the highlands to work in germany they took off from the airport inclusion in northern romania on special flights arranged by jemmy's agriculture ministry. among them is alberto google and his wife maria. i'm the what the what if one don't and you didn't like what i called all kinds of romanian companies to try to find a job when you got no response at sam one man because of covert we have no food and no money. but now fortunately not we're going to germany to work it is just to go on. the average monthly wage for unskilled workers in romania is about $300.00 euros a month these people would likely earn a lot more than that in germany the book went out with the 1st 2 months on an

asparagus farm and then we'll go to work and a slaughter house of the property. better knows he's running a risk of contracting target but he has to earn money. the average minimum wage in germany is just $1.00 to $10.00 euros per hour that's more than 3 times what it is in romania. elisabetta most of them is also moving to germany that there's a market but there will try to protect ourselves against the virus some of them but we have to work at the bottom i don't have a job here all my guessing and everything in romania has been shut down because a covert all decimal glom there aren't many jobs here anyway and if you do find a job well it won't pay much kick out that is that they move the slap up that. i am. bought for alberto

a maria their 1st job in germany was a disaster but it's better to cell phone pitches that showed their living conditions. despite the pandemic workers lived close together in containers. that maria became ill. of him with that in the here's a video of my wife it was cold outside and she had a headache and a fever and the container next door there were 4 romanian suspected of having covert all of youth. i'll bet i got into an argument with the supervisor even marina when then fine had bought the way our cold war was so up to a week ago my wife and i were flown to germany to pick asparagus or of the open push but i get a call on the 4th or 5th bullet but the company screwed us over tricked us she. treated us like slaves school of it's.

that depend just now the supervisor kicked us out you could to achieve that because that's so for the time being we'll have to sleep on our street the door was. closed for a few days alberto managed to find jobs for himself and his wife at a meat packing plant owned by the 2 news corp. we've come to the bavarian town of straddling to meet eric mcconnell a romanian citizen who works for nonprofit human rights organization mcconnell advises romanian migrant workers on their legal rights and he says he's been flooded with calls from people who need his help. mcconnell says the working conditions for many very mains in germany are treasures he provide some examples. we've got by the divide them on the hour right now are

some companies are threatened these workers seen in for a fake or public with information about the business they're fired right away and they don't get to play out in a fundamental mane of one of many of the workers live in housing that the company provides dished out in and if they cause trouble tossed out onto the street before . that's what happened to alberto he was fired and he and his wife were forced to leave the company housing for. 3 days the couple slept in the woods where kano has heard lots of these stories and when asked what it is or not the company always does this at night because there are no lawyers or union officials around to know why is that if these workers have heard of me they'll call if not they end up on the street at night with no money so the workers want to keep their jobs so most of them don't complain next we traveled to

a village in romania to meet elisabetta moldovan. was. elizabeth also had a hard time while working in germany she'd been employed at the same strawberry farm for several months every year since 2010. for 2 months of work she was paid 3700 euros but in 2020 she came back oh much earlier than expected and without any money. oh. hi there you surely are busy that the advert. i just calling. she's elisabetta sister in law georgina also works occasionally in foreign countries most recently as a nurse in italy but she lost that job because of the pandemic.

i thought you were doing fine in germany with a good job and suddenly there you were on the web and on t.v. and you're talking to a labor minister what was that all about. for them was thought well we organized a protest demonstration. along with the only time the minister violetta alexandru came to visit us at the farm in germany. elisabetta and the other workers who paid only a fraction of what they'd been promised son nothing so $150.00 harvest workers most of them from romania held a protest march the demonstration called the attention of romania slaby minister. when it got to probably now he wanted to find out why we hadn't been paid and then she asked me why did you go to germany in the 1st place did someone force you to go

on a so i looked at her and said well minister i had to leave because i had no other way to earn money. i couldn't find a job that romania she does that jim on my own opinion it. elizabeth went to local cotton factory for 50 years she lost her job in this part of romania it's nearly impossible to find work the pays well so now elisabetta looks after the household and her grandchildren. as like us this is our house. my husband the night. had a loan from the bank and started building in 2007 was liberates we had to go to germany to work so that we could make the loan payments but she. she that that's there will be tough on our street you'll see 2 new houses age of it lots of people here get a bad loan and then go off to work in germany england italy or other countries to

make the payments got angry i. hope i got this line at that there's a bus to check it that when she left. romania's population is just over 19000000 about 9000000 people have jobs. 4000000 votes people work abroad during the summer and that number can rise to 5000000 as people take seasonal jobs on farms or at construction sites. the minimum wage in romania is 2 euro $81.00 an hour that wages higher and many western european countries. for example it's 9 euros 35 in germany and in france it's 10 euros 15. we've come to this village in southern romania to visit help i took. he's just come

back from germany and feel his theme i have been infected with corona virus. because he's so hostile i see right now he says his work in a german meat packing plant was a nightmare. if not of my memory i'll never go back to germany not even when the pandemic is over which i it was the worst experience i've ever had. albert who was working at a plant owned by the 2 news corp more than 1500 workers they were infected with coverage including some of his colleagues east. peaches the facility would take in the form of the outbreak. mephitic a cinch and i was scared to tell you the truth i knew that the virus was dangerous and i was and i was right in the middle of it at work. when you're carrying around

a 50 kilogram slab of meat you can't keep a social distance so everyone was in close contact with each other and we had to keep working or i was so scared that i felt sick i told my boss that i wanted to stay home i also wanted to talk to a doctor from michael he said you're not going anywhere what it is. a few days before the plant was forced to close out those who moved out and went back to romania but his wife continued to work there as long as she could. i. i left because i was so afraid of getting sick will never be with my wife wanted to stay but to keep earning money despite the risk to her health and i. mean even manias who worked in the german meat packing industry had gone to eric mcconnell for help then why did the company will punish them for speaking out so we agreed not to show their faces. to. the french mirage resists i

don't buy them i don't understand the companies promise big wages up to 2000 euros a month or not but they also promise normal working hours just when they go to get much done for. the when the new workers arrive at the plant they find out of they'll have to work 12 sometimes even 16 hours a day. and then the resigned company housing with 56 or even 10 people to a room and. nakano meets with the workers in public places away from the prying eyes of the bosses. when you meet i think it's the mood when a worker finally gets the courage to complain to a supervisor he's in for a rough time and how defensive they'll tell him keep your mouth shut otherwise you're out the door if it's going to threaten to withhold the workers' pay or to

slap them with a fine because they can't find someone to replace them right away. she called you should this kind of psychological pressure amounts to modern day slavery was it. was. elisabetta son powell also wants to work in germany in spite of the pandemic. powell is 20 years old and still lives with his parents he has a job but it doesn't pay very well. if i go to germany i'll miss my parents and my girlfriend a lot. more than i even worry that my girlfriend believe me but at least i'll be earning good money. better. house neighbor patron works in a german meat packing plant he's taking a few days off so he can visit his family in town has lots of questions about his

job. to. do it out there also tell me what are the conditions like. what sort of work do you do and how many hours a day on the 3 of them at the door. and i work in the store house a couple next me through 4500 pigs a day sounds like a tough job but if you don't have. kids you can't understand why powell would want to go to germany to work. often wake up at night because i think i hear my child crying will come with part of course is just a dream. pretty bad and loving if i could find a job here. elizabeth his brother also works in a german meat packing plant for many romanians taking jobs like that is the only way that they can provide for their families. there by so fucking the i'm really worried brother and his wife and the children have been diagnosed with b.

they haven't answered their phone for 2 weeks. and now has some power also wants to go to germany to work. i wish she wouldn't not this year anyway not while we're still dealing with a pandemic. if you went to germany i worry all the time. that there are. so many local residents have left clues that some businesses who brought in workers from asia to fill the gap usually worked at low paying jobs. so these men from sri lanka came to romania in late 29 tain all of them are unskilled workers. including 39 year old.

sri lanka to look forward to the age of 18 he married and had a son he hasn't seen his family for more than. that was my wife just now i'll go upstairs where the signals better and then i'll call her back. i sure could cut down his expenses so that you can afford a good internet connection for these calls he also sends money home. he gets by on the equivalent of about 100 euros a month it's a hard life but to cool it with his family make it worthwhile. i want to see them and talk to them every day. when i see my son's face i feel

a little better. it helps me relax and the tension inside me just goes away. sugar has worked in kuwait dubai and singapore his life there wasn't much better than a decent now. i don't know what would happen to them if i died. but as long as i'm alive i'll try to help my family. all work hard. i don't need a lot in life but i will provide a good life for my song and my wife. i'll keep trying. that's why i came to romania. meanwhile there's good news and bad 3 is a better. for has been sultan has found a new job despite the corrosive pandemic. but he'll have to leave the country again . my poor husband is going to france again to work in construction or he can't earn

a living byron alania and we need the money so early yeah so what else should i pack my agent and take the shorts was ok. to overalls and i think that's all. that. it's always hard to say goodbye. just persevered sent them plenty by hope that he'll be ok. but i'm so afraid that this time something bad is going to happen. i'm also worried about the virus but i'll do everything i can to feed my family. elizabeth and soul to know that they have no other option.

meanwhile back inclusion the shift of the commercial kitchen where shoka works is upset the employees from sri lanka haven't shown up for work yet. here are 2 of them on their way to a bank for hadn't been paid in several days so they've gone on strike. today people are going to work because we haven't gotten our salary yet. my family is waiting for the money i'm going to check my account right now. i sure couldn't see equivalent of about 400 euros a month he needs his money and is ready to fight for it. i keep checking my account over and over again. things are going well i can't sleep they won't send the money so we won't go to

work things like having like these so i know that the families in 3 like i know. we had some problems that when we came here a friend now are probably feeling that's all you want on your right fist. meanwhile zoltan will leave for the airport in about an hour. it is time to feed the peace one last time on. fathers' day with you my wife will take care of the animals while i'm gone and when i want that. sultan plans to work in france until november during that time will come back home several times to visit. you know it's hard for me to leave my family guess that but i have to go to france to earn money maybe he'll do it while i'm there i won't be able to see my grandchildren my wife and my son. and that

makes me very sad that he's. had since romania joined the e.u. in 2007 and elisabetta have been working abroad on and off. now it's time to say goodbye once again. i wonder sometimes friends will take him to the airport. he's on his way to the friend's house right now. the best. guy understand that he has to leave to earn money for us when turbot be here in a couple of months and we won't be able to work at all this just. confusion issue because salary has finally been deposited in his bank account so he and his colleagues headed off to work their 4 hours slice and they hope that they won't be fired by sugar woods 10 to 12 ounce

a day for less than 3 years an hour. is there's the meat that i work with it's beef. if i have to cut it up and make hamburger patties it's really hard work we have to turn out 30 or 35 kilos of meat every day i that's all i do on this job i did this. and today he'll have to make up for the 4 hours that he lost while he was on strike. it is a work here every day in the burger prep section we really have to prepare a lot of meat we make patties every day to. keep from asia have now filled a number of unskilled jobs in romania most of them are employed in the catering meat packing and construction sanctus. the number of romania has risen sharply and recently has most of the illegally sunk

illegally. here at the official statistics in 2015 when many issued 5500 were basis of people from asia and 2800 that number grows to 15000 and by 2020 that figure had doubled 230000 despite the pandemic. we visit other to go who again he knows that his wife is healthy but is now in quarantine i'll bet her friends a colleague who became infected with the virus when he was working at the new implant. people were getting sick one after another. the company bosses kept us working even though a lot of people were getting sick. if the authorities and the media had stepped in or they'd still be working on the ground. and those who can't

understand why his colleagues still wants to stay in germany. my. in fact my. eric mcconnell is on his way to northern germany to help to romanians who want to apply for government legal aid lawsuits in the meat packing industry are increasingly common these days. a man defects in shop the work has changed over the years for 10 or 20 years ago you had a qualified foreman at the slaughterhouse go. on and on people were paid a decent wage because and worked just 8 hours a day that is up there i shake them for large mark there were 3 shifts sometimes 4 and management respected the workers i think is that's not the case today let's begin. in the last decade the number of unskilled foreign workers in the german meat packing industry has tripled to either 50000.

back into a shock and his colleagues have just finished their shift it's 1 in the morning. yeah did it hot it was tough today because we were really busy afterwards we had to clean up so we didn't finish until midnight when there were just 4 of us then we went out for a beer and now we're heading home now. i had to pay an employment agency in sri lanka a 2000 euro commission to get a 2 year work permit. it's often the same for other venue because here. all of us had to borrow money to pay the fee. and some borrowed from their families but i borrowed money from a bank. so now i have to pay interest on the loans. and send money to my

family. most of the money that should to enjoy in the 1st 6 months in romania went to pay back the employment agency so he couldn't afford to send money to his family. meanwhile would manage to track down the other 2 google again he's moved to another country. i'm now in mt sweden doing handy work. we get up at 5 every morning and then the company takes us to work in a bus. it's sort of like a hardware store. people come in and tell us what they want renovated or repaired and then we do it but it pays only $1000.00 euros a month. alberto doesn't know when you return home or how his wife in germany is getting along. at the same time elizabeth is

waiting for her husband's old time to cool off from his new job in france. he's been there for 4 days now. what do i want for the future as the if the bush subhuman but i want the whole family to be together with them sunday because i want them to find jobs here in romania so the charts that pay an honest wage so that we don't have to move to foreign countries to work i was lying about it. that my sweetie. what's up i was waiting for your call a part of the time i can't wait to see you in 6 weeks i miss you so much already.

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