gusting w series about our complex relationship with animals need to be watch now on youtube dw documentary the the seasonal migrant workers in italy. most of them harvest fruits and vegetables destined for elsewhere in europe. they earn a pittance then some people could make 2500 a year because he was like 2 months us, one or 2 months, we'd have to have to sit on wait. because from maybe 0 can you off? is it, can we book a portal for the to leave the facility or something concrete? does that mean the highest? that is nobody told us. thousands of these migrants live in shantytown square.

there is no electricity, no running water, and no toilets. the in mid april. it's emptier than usual in both of them. it's. i don't a near the city of food. yeah. this is one of italy's largest informal settlements . how suca salma is a migrant worker. there's not much to harvest and poorly at this time of year. there's been a lot of rain in the last few days, so work in the surrounding fields has ground to a halt to pass the time cows who is visiting a neighbor who lives

a few shacks away. is my friend. i come to visit my friend. i really appreciate it from you. um is this is like uh, dental use. my plan was like he's looking looking for the full force. okay. this is for you. right. right. i put this into your study. i'm trying to reach and i'm trying to put something useful for the sometimes i want to do something i don't even need to because by saying easy to do with it every day, the money would be enough to one of the end of that's why we, we have to cook it, so if we did for, for these 5, did you get the biggest price? what would you want to continue?

the recommendation here is as low as enough because many, maybe have, you know, they expect to have a place like these come from a new find another place that gets enough of these none of the house who has recognized refugee status and is allowed to work in italy, but the seasonal work as a farm hand is all he's ever been able to find. i want it to live. that's why i'm he came to, you know, because i, the life i'm leaving by cool. he's gonna session to leave day. so that's why we call i come to your house who is 29 and has been in europe for 12 years. he was 17. when he was rescued, trying to cross the mediterranean in a small boat. the

i'm from guy. ok. i came to maybe i didn't have to, maybe i can be said a lot of my proposal for me to tell somebody to so to me we need bit of life. that's why we're by we italy's agricultural sector relies on migrant workers like him. they come from africa, india and pakistan. and once here fall victim to what's known as the agro mafia. the italian trade union, c, g i l, estimates that around 400000 people are exploited or illegally employed in agriculture across the country. the mafia has infiltrated the industry couple in ali, our mafioso, who act as middlemen between farmers and labors. they keep a close eye on the workers and make sure they produce as much as possible.

accompanying house who in the fields would be a risk for everyone. well if there is nothing would you want to use that? what do we think cutty, to walk? i literally walk, walk a little bit when okay, you want to you, you have to what kind of you, how many of you, what can you do? you don't know where he's stay writing, you kind of request anyway, i've no power to go and look for you. so you offer me 41 new front of the place because when you walk within that 20 days or more than that, literacy will not tell you, no, i'm no, i'm going to pay. what can you do? this exploitation of field workers in italy has been happening for over a century. in the past, the mafia exploited italian labors. now the victims are migrants who were unable to defend themselves. but there are people who are fighting on their behalf. the

events on you once worked in the field of poorly in southern italy, himself experienced expectations firsthand and organized a protest. today, he campaigns for fair wages and decent working conditions in the agricultural sector. in 2011, he found that an organization that obliges producers to pay farm workers fair wages . it's called no cap. as in no cap, what ali sonya is visiting a strawberry farm that works with the organization. around 150 people work on this 150 hector farm. when you're naples for 7 euro and $0.98 per hour. they have health insurance, producer mikaela montela complies with the sector as wage agreement runs all of that. so let's go this way.

almost all you the schools out there was do you have a minute? all right. have you heard of? no. cannot even look up. yvonne yvonne, i'm sorry but sorry about society, but where are you from the machine if i'm looking at the book, romania, romania, the king of paso modeling and saying i got synagogue gambia instead of outside of international montana is on there like that. and that's who dollar brought together . we're a family. that's right, that's good. administrative. i know you're from last year. oh hi. good morning. i'm doing great level the i'm open to the week. i'm paying for work as ryan is that what i've already been k a part of him on the day they're all producers who aren't like mikaela, montana, martinos as in and also to exploit the way. cuz okay, and don't give them a contract with a 3095. and even if they do not find that they pay babbling funding or going to that the funding contract amount on final banning mikaela montela is $1.00 of your

biggest producers of organic strawberries. many of the fruit pickers come back here every year to work for him in the harvest season. the high alley. so right. is that most of the morning a legal the most yeah. you know, even safe and sound? yes, yes, we met during the potato hottest and how are you? how's your family? because you know, took that off of my family is good. i think the lord without thank the lord and how are you doing doing well little control. yeah, we just checking how many hours you work a day like they will 7 know 20 right. say day 7, this is not a not 20 because some do 10. 1213 so no, no, no, no, no. uh okay. wow. no 7, it's fine. okay. okay. mostly paisley due to

the post office. i do do i always to pay slips in december. i was promised we see what the von sonya exchanges telephone numbers with several of the workers and tells them to contact him if they have any problems in normally what's your full name about uh, about a 100. it's about them, phone at all. okay, who is it? okay, if i can help, i will your brother to your friends, give me a call. we'll help you if you need a lawyer. lemme see if i have a problem with my documents. i'll contact you about a lawyer, the so okay. and we have a lawyer, i use the car to 20 agricultural companies have joined the no cap network since 2019 yvon. sonya has helped around 1500 migrants and secure proper employment contracts

the same, so i'm yeah, it keeps my life. meaning when i walk, i'm happy level, a little bit of interest because i try to make out that people have a qualitative features. when i see that happy it gives meaning to my existence. i'm gonna be with about that. i mean, otherwise life wouldn't be well for living now. the that, that gives the living only for yourself makes no sense in the cleaning. we need to give happen is to the people around us, sort of the private leader and professionally and it, but it's only good to keep going down to setup with the the, the stop lima yvonne sonya is on a mission to put a stop to the exploitation of workers and it leaves agricultural sector, but he never planned to be an activist. he originally want it to be an engineer.

sunjay was born in cameron room in 1985. he came to italy on a scholarship in 2007 to study. in the summer of 2011, he worked in the tomato field puleo because he wanted to earn some extra money college. so the level of the working conditions with terrible on one particular day i exploded with angus. and that's how the strength began. he convinced thousands of harvest workers to stop working, there was an outbreak challenge to the mafia which is sort of idea to so you know, we were threatened with guns knives faced and more cautious. sonya sparked a debate about the admiral mafia that paved the way for laws that criminalized the capital, locked or system. in 2017, he was awarded the border of merit of the italian republic and encouragement

to me in 2018. the no cap organization that pushed for fair working conditions in agriculture was still in its infancy. lot has happened since then. today, no cap is an established network and a brand the . the gina above nima has been working at a strawberry farm since last year. she picks up her fellow workers at the train station and events on a small town near naples. but many bus service is free. that's

not something that can be taken for granted. most field workers in southern italy have to pay out of their own pocket to get to work. the black market bosses use the shuttle service as a way of cutting the workers wages. the gina avo nima drives a mini bus provided by eve on sundays organization. when it's harvest season in southern italy, 20 no cap buses take $350.00 people to work free of charge every day. the tina and her team pack strawberries that grow and michela montela fields into plastic trays. they're destined for major supermarket chains in germany, denmark and other countries in europe. the organic strawberries are about 30 percent more expensive than ones produced on other farms where workers

are exploited. of the the shift is 7 hours long, including a one hour break. no cap of regularly checks that the working hours are adhered to . low cost and will not be as low as it. that's why everybody most comes to know. everybody must know i button ok so that people love this like that. in the 2nd year, i guess 1100. 01150. i got to the face when i come to us. if i don't make any sense, sometimes i have nissan because i have seen with her other jobs, she earns about 800 euros a month. but often works longer shifts than she does here. they don't get pastries like these anywhere else either. it feels like

it's working for me. tell us it seems like uh, a family. she'll work for mckayla montela for 3 months, but after the harvest, he won't have any more work for her. the migrant workers are used to having to scramble from job to job. i am not free, so unless, like i said, this is only yeah, unless it's like 5 o'clock laney, i'll be as close as 5 before the job and everyone wanted to know are you running green is best for the sex on the funding. my grand prairie the way from so one day maybe one day when i go back to my conference, i would try to make a farm. is it flashing it? well my mother, she's still a for me and i'll let you back here. sorry. something that will,

which doesn't look to love to see the land there. it's a beautiful day. gina avo niema is treated well. i'm michela montela strawberry farm, but his farm is an exception. most field worker's labor in terrible conditions. there are debts every year, from sheet on the fields or an accidents with overloaded trucks. the notorious both of them, it's a known islam grew up on the runway of a disused airport. fires have broken out here in this sprawling chaotic shantytown . people have died in april. that's emptier than usual. many of the people who live here and have moved to calabria for the orange harvest. the mafia even makes money from both of them. it's i know name, building houses and renting them out to workers. cow suca salma is one of the few

skilled laborers here. he's good at bricklaying plumbing and repairing roofs. but he can't conjure water out of nowhere. seed as low as a. yeah. this is how we normally caught it. what the, what today? that is what was the so of for now? yeah. for now you cannot do anything. so that's what, what the problem twice a week and 8 organization fills the tanks with drinking water. but it's not enough . if anyone arrives too late, they get nothing. i see seem like obstacle because i've got one so you somehow or what the problems you off many problems like what's uh yeah that 12 people need good life to change. that's why many people today because they're not on good life because of some of the,

it seems like this. the slum 1st emerged some 20 years ago. a collection of make shift shacks of cardboard and plastic. these days there are also buildings erected by the mafia where residents have to pay rent of about $50.00 euro a month for a home without a toilet. they have no choice, but to use the surrounding fields. it's very difficult if that's possible, that's the life live without doing that because every day while you're doing, you are doing what you need to come out diagnose yourself. so if you don't have to do that, it's not good at all. of ensuring access to water and sanitation for all is one of the goals of the united nations agenda 2030 toilets on our recognized human rights that has been ignored by the authorities in southern italy for years. the state tolerates the inhumane conditions the official refugee camp and forward. yeah.

which has a water supply in sanitary facilities is located right next to the slums where some 5000 people live during the tomato harvest the but it's not just the toilets that are lacking. the residents at board of governments. i know they are also cut off from the internet. yvonne sunjay believes free access to the internet is crucial. in the slums church. he's meeting up with a man who shares his face and approves of his mission. son, he hopes to persuade pastor charles to support his plan for an internet cafe inside the church. i hope that multi point one percent email.

if you want to send email, you'll come to the same email, liking that network presenting that you've done going to full job to, to but i brought anything but you have a need to you. this is the project. ok. split, very simple. and i, i really thank you all for the big god, bless you on regarding these your business and then my team name of jesus christ. thank you. i mean, i mean i'm very, i'll be assessed. i'm ready. ok, thank you. let me pull it up. can you take a picture of me, take a photo of me, the priest and the computer that i really i'm going to complete the a muscle pass to the best spot to the thought a lot. it's about making it easier to access the internet so they can send emails good, make photocopies and k quest store. and if they need to make a copy of that,

residents, palmetto id card which i mean, and then they have to travel to a phone jack, which is far away, but not for john k monitor on town without the full g is the provincial capital of apple yeah, it's around 20 kilometers west of both of them. it's on a yvonne sun. yay! is visiting a branch of a larger tell egon supermarket chain there. a woman in 2019 the organization teamed up with producers to sell fresh vegetables and tomato posada certified with a no cap logo. wow. id. spell crazy. i used to look up the know capital the, the, the that all of them. so move to 9 2nd because the top cats are allowed

to put a lot of, there's no cap got the 80 percent. so i think i'm so regional produced in collaboration with no cap, no cap. it to be told cannick and it's at the company to go about no cap products or around a 3rd more expensive then conventionally produced products their own prominent display in the store, things to the manager to meet on sonya has known for years. 7 7 director, how's it going to store most customers appreciate the products because of the quality and the social aspect of we live in a region where the problem is deeply rooted. oh, i see. so some people welcome the initiative. they're very open to buying. no cap

goods. is it most of the good spots on the little ones? the support of the super monkey change is very important. one. so these, it allows for an ethical supply chain and helps improve conditions for the workers and also have the company level. it's all in a question of the price, right? any price that's at the end, right? so now i see around $300000.00 no cap cans and bottles of tomato posada are sold every year a. this is a fraction of the more than 6000000 tons of 10 tomatoes produced in italy every year, mostly in engine main conditions. fairly produced goods are still nice products in this supermarket, which heavily promotes the no cap products. 2 out of 10 customers choose them.

i used to have you seen the stop capital alonzo product for the see if there's only so that's fennel, right. so you know it's panels and i get out and enjoy. yeah. so now it makes me very happy. i'm very touch it. and so you got a few years ago, i couldn't to imagine that our products would be on the shelves of a launch supermarket. i don't mean my g novel just sort of presenting that quote and that the most people at all to natalie scott finally do need it. so gratifying to have achieved the test results the queen and will not be left with dyslexia. and i big catch up was because i didn't go, could i have to consider the company is distributors and consumers all have to play that part on it. it goes to my goal, goes to my thoughts. i think we'd be able to find a lot of positive yet 8 out of 10 customers still decide against no cap products. basically allowing the exploitation of workers to continue

even if they don't realize that that there is no minimum wage in italy. but let's see what our end of the minimum wage could definitely give work or stability. somebody thought it would at least provide them with a secure monthly income on the just that side. so a lot of good just to be on know, and you mentioned most d u countries have a minimum wage in germany. it was also a wage dumping in the agricultural sector that prompted politicians to introduce legislation. field workers like how to cut some uh would benefit greatly from a minimum wage. right now he has another problem in order to extend his residents permit. he needs a permanent address. that's what the, what do you mean these police want to go and stay inside the don't know to do the conditions. why would be what i hit with some difficult difficulty of housing,

where to find houses. and then, you know, the, that's the problem because if you go and look for houses where they would not like to read to you, that would say no, we don't one block. this is a rental, our house, and some of the stuff with the to use the kind of slavery that we are leaving here. so we have to will be, you have to will be what since you hit the condition needed, you have to be switched because you want the money to use the one you walk to investigate. you said kind of slaves, of course is that close to the the government in rome is aware that there is widespread exploitation in the agricultural sector. in 2016, a new law tackling forms of severe labor exploitation in agriculture was introduced

in part thanks to yvonne suddenly. he now lives in rome with his wife and 2 children. he feels safer here than in the south. his apartment is also his workplace. from here, he continues to campaign for the rights of migrant workers. he says the country needs to understand their contribution to italy. authority get it up is, is going to these people that helping boost the economy. the fund moves that they're working for. it's really not just for themselves, funding for the thought. if it gets insult, without migrants, italian agriculture would be in trouble to get it so that you know, so it's the duty of the states to respond to the needs of the seasonal workers and across the country. to provide them with accommodation in the the apple used, but it looks like the government isn't interested would it be that would have

thought especially deep dive. yeah. and we're at a standstill right now. things are going defined quite just for me that goes beyond sonya wants to put an end to criminal exploitation of migrants and he's planning to launch no cabin spain, portugal and greece, where workers are also faced with in humane conditions that he experienced himself and will never forget the 77 percent. there is a basing frenzy among us in uganda for out of 10 young people who like to do i tell

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