Modern-day slaves: Europe's fruit pickers

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Every year in southern Europe, five million tonnes of fruit and vegetables are harvested for supermarket shelves. But those supermarkets are seeking ever lower prices, and are using the influx of migrants and illegal seasonal workers to cut costs. Our reporters went to meet the few workers brave enough to speak out against this illegal system - and the people who try to help those who have become modern-day slaves.
If you check the labels on your fruit and vegetables, many of them are likely to say “Produce of Spain” or “Produce of Italy”. But some of those goods are being picked by desperate migrants being exploited by unscrupulous companies. In Spain, many pickers have fake contracts and no social security. In Italy, many of them are in fact taking orders from the Mafia. FRANCE 24’s reporters went to investigate the shocking conditions these migrants are forced to work under.
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  • @dimelo31
    @dimelo315 жыл бұрын

    I'll never leave my beautiful Ghana, to go and live in these kinds of conditions in the name of work. Damn

  • @BlarfMacomblee

    @BlarfMacomblee

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@uragan1384 You are the reason why People think inbreeding is a big issue

  • @thomastiroch1770

    @thomastiroch1770

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@BlarfMacomblee why she said for job nobody talk about come as tourist and travel what is wrong to love ur country?

  • @BlarfMacomblee

    @BlarfMacomblee

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@thomastiroch1770 yeah but I was referring to the now deleted comment. I have no problem with the original comment, In fact I think it's great and I love Ghana as a country :)

  • @msnos6245

    @msnos6245

    2 жыл бұрын

    Why can't the people in Africa take advantage of it's resources?

  • @joseyorro9014
    @joseyorro90145 жыл бұрын

    People that work and get paid are not slaves. If they get low wages then they are exploited.

  • @karamojobe5736

    @karamojobe5736

    5 жыл бұрын

    Definitely

  • @b.m.whindle9195

    @b.m.whindle9195

    5 жыл бұрын

    Look up financial slavery. If you make so little they can't leave (perhaps for other reasons also), can it not be considered a form of slavery? I agree, but I think it's a flimsy word. Like all I guess.

  • @ThoseWhoHeedTheCall

    @ThoseWhoHeedTheCall

    5 жыл бұрын

    Jose Yorro Slaves were historically often paid.... And paid really low. And they were exploited in a mumber of ways often related to their labour and financial exclusion. Theres no difference here. Its modern day slavery.

  • @MaggieVlogs5050

    @MaggieVlogs5050

    5 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely true👍

  • @adrianobulla7875

    @adrianobulla7875

    5 жыл бұрын

    Mum, slaves even got more holidays and even places in the administration of he empire in Rome.... Then they became serfs, then low paid workers. The name has changed, the relationship has NOT.

  • @anuragsrivastava007
    @anuragsrivastava0075 жыл бұрын

    Whenever you are desperate you are opening doors to exploitation.

  • @Talldoll1

    @Talldoll1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Vulnerable

  • @m.a6416
    @m.a64165 жыл бұрын

    Then you have Europe preaching to the world about human rights

  • @goranmilic442

    @goranmilic442

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@synd7700 I'm from South East Europe and you're probably talking about Western Europeans. West Europe countries first deliberately destroyed African countries economies, even after decolonization, forcing Africans to move to Europe, while Europeans exploits natural wealth of Africa. Also, borders of African countries are deliberately created by Europeans in the way that there would be conflicts and civil wars. When the Africans come to Europe, Europeans will say nobody forced them and it's better to work in Europe than to starve in Africa. Give African countries their wealth back and they could live well from it, in their own country.

  • @goranmilic442

    @goranmilic442

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Wuush West Europe countries first deliberately destroyed African countries economies, even after decolonization, forcing Africans to move to Europe, while Europeans exploits natural wealth of Africa. Also, borders of African countries are deliberately created by Europeans in the way that there would be conflicts and civil wars. When the Africans come to Europe, Europeans will say nobody forced them and it's better to work in Europe than to starve in Africa. Give African countries their wealth back and they could live well from it, in their own country.

  • @synd7700

    @synd7700

    4 жыл бұрын

    Goran Milić I agree with you.

  • @MenengaiCrater
    @MenengaiCrater7 жыл бұрын

    As long as people don't research where and how the products they consume get to them, slavery will never end.

  • @Dah2291

    @Dah2291

    7 жыл бұрын

    Kobo we should stop looking for the cheapest price only

  • @abc64pan

    @abc64pan

    6 жыл бұрын

    People are hypocrites, they blah, blah, blah one thing with their mouths, and do something different with their hands and feet.

  • @faithlinah806

    @faithlinah806

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hemust buy himself gloves at times yu have to dostuff fo yoself govack home toomuch co.olaing

  • @lovelyindia71

    @lovelyindia71

    5 жыл бұрын

    Well said

  • @ionezgb

    @ionezgb

    5 жыл бұрын

    This is inherent to capitalism. Individually you can't do a thing. "Voting with dollar" doesn't work because one who have a lot of money gets more votes.

  • @Tamar-sz8ox
    @Tamar-sz8ox5 жыл бұрын

    Globally it all boils down to treat other people how you’d want to be treated .

  • @perezarturo7982
    @perezarturo79825 жыл бұрын

    Fruit pickers are heroes that seldom or never get credit for or recogncion, what a world.

  • @yavor05

    @yavor05

    5 жыл бұрын

    True. I have been an orange picker in Portugal for about 5 years now. Work is often dangerous, unsanitary (dust, high trees, chemicals sprayed on the trees, logs and stones laying around that you can stumble on, etc.) and, usually, very demanding physically. Fortunately, conditions have improved over the years, with a payrise in the company where I work and better conditions on the fields. But, there remain many fruit picking companies here that exploit workers and offer worse conditions. Pickers deserve respect and recognition - without them, some types of agricultures is not possible.

  • @myimperfectbody8681

    @myimperfectbody8681

    5 жыл бұрын

    Same as farmers, I dont know why goverment from any nation dont realize their important.

  • @safrenrecords

    @safrenrecords

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yavor Hadgiev what country are you fruit picking in I’m a student at Georgetown university in Washington DC & I’m doing a study on Europe’s agriculture and going to get a grant to fly over and started documentary

  • @MusicOfEpirus

    @MusicOfEpirus

    5 жыл бұрын

    What about those that don’t even have fruit to pick?

  • @bicepstriceps4713

    @bicepstriceps4713

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@safrenrecords come to montenegro you will see a lot

  • @rapier1954
    @rapier19545 жыл бұрын

    They are not slaves. They can leave any time they want.

  • @consideringorthodoxy5495

    @consideringorthodoxy5495

    5 жыл бұрын

    rapier1954 Farrell not to mention that the job isn’t particularly hard, tiring maybe, but not hard.

  • @earlibee

    @earlibee

    5 жыл бұрын

    it's not about slavery really.it's about the living and working conditions.

  • @yavor05

    @yavor05

    5 жыл бұрын

    That depends on each case. The people we see in this report can, apparently, leave. But is this really the case for all of them? How about those who depend on a working contract to obtain a residence permit? Nobody physically stopping them does not mean that they are really free to leave.

  • @Commentator541
    @Commentator5415 жыл бұрын

    These guys are far from slaves. They are temp workers that get paid 20x what they would be paid in their home countries. They are provided with accommodation and travel arrangements. I am sure some of them are treated badly, but this is old fashioned work, not slavery!

  • @chisac7440
    @chisac74405 жыл бұрын

    6 Euros /hr is close to minimum wage in the UK and I am sure these people send most of their money to their home countries where they get more bang for their buck. I wouldn't call this slavery. It may be hard work but so is being a postman riding a bike through rain , snow etc.

  • @AquaBloomStudio

    @AquaBloomStudio

    5 жыл бұрын

    Duke will they’re getting pay so why did the title said modern day slavery. Can’t compare this to slavery because slave ain’t get pay.

  • @noelarcala4435

    @noelarcala4435

    5 жыл бұрын

    agree to you mate . i work in saudi gets 50riyals equal to 11.96 euro per day while they get it in just 2 hrs.

  • @faitht2607

    @faitht2607

    5 жыл бұрын

    They are facing occupation health hazards though

  • @noelarcala4435

    @noelarcala4435

    5 жыл бұрын

    Fay T of cofz mate . theyre spraying chemicals i get it . but i guess its also bcoz of lack of knowledge about farming . farmers here in phils also dont wear that mask and protective but they improvise their own .

  • @faitht2607

    @faitht2607

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@noelarcala4435 Workers in Africa wear masks. It's required by the law.

  • @edwardekka8155
    @edwardekka81555 жыл бұрын

    Compare this with that of forced child labourer of cocoa plantation in Ghana or tea plantations in Assam and Darjeeling in India...no rights hardly any money 😙😙

  • @JuicerNation

    @JuicerNation

    5 жыл бұрын

    $30 euros is probably great compared to what they made in their home countries. those shacks made with plastic and newspaper is probably great compared to the "houses" in their home countries. privileged white people are just poor shaming and hating on minorities trying better the lives of their family.

  • @Mysomaliland
    @Mysomaliland5 жыл бұрын

    Humans are different,difficult and we don’t like to change.

  • @mustaqahmed9812
    @mustaqahmed98125 жыл бұрын

    Slavery exists everywhere in different forms than old days. They get paid but most of the cases it's less than the average. Some cases working conditions are worse than it seems.

  • @piknick111
    @piknick1115 жыл бұрын

    I suggest France 24 buy a little forgotten thing called a Dictionary. Slave: a person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them. This is NOT slavery, nor is it 'Modern' slavery. This is poor journalism. There is no forced labor here, no ownership of workers. The workers willingly choose to do this job. Special interests such as unions hate this because it undercuts wages. Is undercut wages an issue? Sure, so is government getting in the way of the free market by mandating minimum wages and controlling costs instead of the market allowing competition to bring costs down.

  • @m.a6416

    @m.a6416

    5 жыл бұрын

    These workers dont have a choice in staying at this job or leaving. They are too poor to leave and technically are enslaved to the guy hiring them and would accept any pay thats given to them because the alternative is starvation

  • @philemonn.kithinji9442

    @philemonn.kithinji9442

    5 жыл бұрын

    I suggest you take the time to understand figurative speech. These immigrants work in harsh conditions, the mafia controls their pay leaving them with little. They have no choice but to work as going back to war-torn countries is not an alternative.

  • @marwanabuhasan8979

    @marwanabuhasan8979

    5 жыл бұрын

    It is slavery .

  • @goranmilic442

    @goranmilic442

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@philemonn.kithinji9442 West Europe countries first deliberately destroyed African countries economies, even after decolonization, forcing Africans to move to Europe, while Europeans exploits natural wealth of Africa. Also, borders of African countries are deliberately created by Europeans in the way that there would be conflicts and civil wars. When the Africans come to Europe, Europeans will say nobody forced them and it's better to work in Europe than to starve in Africa. Give African countries their wealth back and they could live well from it, in their own country.

  • @kaleesmach
    @kaleesmach5 жыл бұрын

    What do you mean by cheaper : 34*30 = 1020 euros and they live for free,electricity free !!! if you see in Czech republic,Hungary the engineer itself earns around a basic salary of 700 euros

  • @yavor05

    @yavor05

    5 жыл бұрын

    Your comparison does not make sense. For Spain, 700 euros are less than the minimum wage, and there are cities where if you would like to rent a small house, it costs you half your salary, plus electricity, gas and water. So with how much are you left? In Chechia, on the other had, 700 euros may be more than the average national salary, allowing you to have a confortable life. Regarding your maths, you should consider that even in agriculture, people usually don't work more than 6 days a week, and there are drops in demand that leave workers without a wage for some time. Also, agricultural work is not available during the whole year. Usually, it is seasonal.

  • @vaibhav3946

    @vaibhav3946

    5 жыл бұрын

    such a stupid person 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 u don't know anything like PURCHASING POWER PARITY....

  • @ratkomladic1265
    @ratkomladic12655 жыл бұрын

    dead in a desert, or in Europe picking fruit... what a difficult choice..

  • @ukrainiansongs
    @ukrainiansongs5 жыл бұрын

    I used to pick up fruits and vegetables and never complained. It was my choice. If you come to ones home, you don't demand. It is their home. Take it or leave it. Don't try to set the rules. If you don't like it you can go back to your own country and make it better...if you are able and than try and treat other workers better. Most of the time you would treat them worse.

  • @ThoseWhoHeedTheCall

    @ThoseWhoHeedTheCall

    5 жыл бұрын

    ukrainiansongs Ignorant pig. These are European laws.....theres nothing wrong with someone requesting what they are legally entitled to..... Especially when it was Europe that helped destroy the very same countries that these people are coming from. You are a bigot.

  • @sambut87
    @sambut875 жыл бұрын

    This is why the EU want's us to embrace mass migration and force integration onto it's citizens, so that the big corporations can have a steady supply of cheap labor. The CEOs at the top make millions while the rest of us have to make do with less and less. Remember that when migrants are willing to do a job for dirt cheap, the locals are forced to do the same. Centuries of fighting hard for worker's rights are slowly being thrown away as we slowly drift back to serfdom. It's a shame really, people need to wake up and vote for parties that stand against illegal migration in the coming European parliament elections.

  • @pabloavega8185
    @pabloavega81855 жыл бұрын

    As a past migrant worker from the USA I know how hard it is. In the US we did not get paid by the hour but by piece work. The more you produced the more you make, we took breaks when we wanted. They should ask and demand to work my how much they put out.

  • @ThoseWhoHeedTheCall

    @ThoseWhoHeedTheCall

    5 жыл бұрын

    Pablo A Vega Here in Europe thats usually how it works in the agricultural industry. If you work super hard, maybe you'l earn 5e an hour on average. If you are from a war torn country you'l probably be paid half that.

  • @Cristip

    @Cristip

    5 жыл бұрын

    Nobody force you to work in Europe since the comunist was down...that mean is your way to become an modern slave...this is true and is available only for euro countrys...

  • @svetlanikolova7673
    @svetlanikolova76735 жыл бұрын

    I am Bulgarian. I rather stay home working In the Bgarian farms than work abroad! They don't appreciate you. Just use you. It happened to me and my mom when we were in the states even though we had diplomas like the rest of the American people,! We we're also legal American citizens with" equal right" .... Ya right! Go home and start your own farm!

  • @patricklo1514

    @patricklo1514

    5 жыл бұрын

    You are American citizen, why did you call yourself "Bulgarian"?

  • @svetlanikolova7673

    @svetlanikolova7673

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@patricklo1514 I am both with double citizenship. I will always be Bulgarian first! And a Bulgar means a person with a mixed blood ! You don't know you can hold a double citizenship? What rock did you crawl under?

  • @patricklo1514

    @patricklo1514

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@svetlanikolova7673 Sorry, my country doesn't accept double citizen, if you wanna be a citizen of another country, you should give up the citizen of your motherland first.

  • @svetlanikolova7673

    @svetlanikolova7673

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@patricklo1514 lol said who? I am a Bulgarian American and both have no problems being a double citizen! Your country? Do you actually know all the 6 K laws of the US to make that statement?

  • @nonino1644

    @nonino1644

    3 жыл бұрын

    Wait. Are you implying you're treated unfairly in USA?

  • @w.a.watson3078
    @w.a.watson30786 жыл бұрын

    Mexicans work out under the hot sun in the U.S. The European migrant worker inside of hot houses in which their working conditions are milder (pickers in the U.S. would call this a luxury). The difference in slavery in both groups is that their freedom or ownership of their bodies has not been denied to them. What is depicted here is not slavery. These people have a choice. Are they being exploited? Yes, but they also had a choice to refuse to work for such wages.

  • @vajra8844
    @vajra88445 жыл бұрын

    Government must do something for these poor people rather than turning blind.

  • @m.b1983
    @m.b19835 жыл бұрын

    You need to know that people in europs country as Bosnia Serbia Bulgaria Rumania Montenegro Albania N. Makedonia work for 1e per hour black.

  • @apo684

    @apo684

    5 жыл бұрын

    They didnt say Albanian or montenegrians , Especially albanians dont work like that they have to much pride , she said polish , romanians bulgarians and afrikans

  • @novakn85

    @novakn85

    5 жыл бұрын

    In Serbia they work for 20- 25 euro for 10h.

  • @endcer4531

    @endcer4531

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@sweetLemonist Albanians do work in this sector ... In Greece and Italy...all Balkanites and Eastern Europeans do ... But most Farmers prefer people from pakistan or African so they can pay them fewer money and keep them more hours..

  • @fisebilillah4406

    @fisebilillah4406

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@apo684 We who come from the Balkans know very well that our people for barely anything on the black market in Europe. Albanians included.

  • @user-jn1tr8mo3g
    @user-jn1tr8mo3g6 жыл бұрын

    recent news reports state that over 16 migrant workers have been killed recently but no mention has been made of the damage to the tomatoes

  • @petrusxramulus564
    @petrusxramulus5645 жыл бұрын

    I worked for 5,70€/h in WalMart. Looks like i was even worse than slave

  • @ISMAEL-ul5eb

    @ISMAEL-ul5eb

    5 жыл бұрын

    well that's not hard job comparing using very dangerous chemicals with no health cover.

  • @goranmilic442

    @goranmilic442

    4 жыл бұрын

    That's what you get when all the industry from your rich country go out and chase cheap labor in South East Asia.

  • @goranmilic442

    @goranmilic442

    4 жыл бұрын

    @mns ta OK, but when I said cheap labor, I meant how much US company pays to worker. That's why the company moved there. Is that salary enough for worker is another story. I watched a documentary once, I forgot what country it was, a guy said average wage was before 10000 of local currency and it was enough, with rich companies investing average salary is now 20000 and that is not enough.

  • @goranmilic442

    @goranmilic442

    4 жыл бұрын

    @mns ta I understand, but the guy in documentary said 20000 today is not enough for the same things 10000 was enough for before. Whatever your needs are, 20000 today worths less than 10000 before.

  • @tasosmit
    @tasosmit5 жыл бұрын

    They come on their own will, how can they be slaves. I think you haven't been in their countries thats why this title...

  • @chisac7440
    @chisac74405 жыл бұрын

    where are the self righteous vegans preaching their morality about saving the animals and eating fruit and veg because its more ethical. i would like to hear their comments on this video.

  • @ricardo_boutique

    @ricardo_boutique

    5 жыл бұрын

    Still more ethical, yes

  • @fisebilillah4406

    @fisebilillah4406

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ricardo_boutique If you think about animals, no it is not. Animals who are raised on small farms are tended by either family members or legal, fully payed workers. The animals exist to be used either way, but it is important that people who tend them are treated fairly and that the animals are not feed with antibiotics or geneticaly mutated food.

  • @bokikoy3442
    @bokikoy34425 жыл бұрын

    I worked 14 hrs a day get $6.30 a day Dam 6 Euro an hour is huge

  • @kriskemet6364

    @kriskemet6364

    5 жыл бұрын

    Imagine if you live in Europe. Don't be hypocrite bruh.

  • @bokikoy3442

    @bokikoy3442

    5 жыл бұрын

    I'd rather live to Africa you and me

  • @goranmilic442

    @goranmilic442

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@bokikoy3442 6 Euros is not the same thing in Africa and Europe. That's a common mistake. What's important is how much can you buy with that money in the country you live in.

  • @hermenegildoc3933

    @hermenegildoc3933

    4 ай бұрын

    The workers get paid way less 30 euros per day or 3 euro per hour

  • @albertsamuel8188
    @albertsamuel81887 жыл бұрын

    The pesticide scene makes me not wanna buy fruits and vegetables anymore. Better grow your own fruits and vegetables

  • @ARE_YOU_SICK_OF_YT_CENSORSHIP

    @ARE_YOU_SICK_OF_YT_CENSORSHIP

    7 жыл бұрын

    you mean each person should grow them for themselves or each country for its citizens? how are northern countries supposed to grow fruits, in particular, considering their climate?

  • @faithlinah806

    @faithlinah806

    5 жыл бұрын

    People yunever surprise me if thers no workers wol pickthem and if the owner gives them more than wat they get they wobt have ajob many migrants build palaces inther countries. Whilst yu undermine them yu have to woek thets war the biblesays ship in or ship out they shuold buy waist belts so thets the backs wont hurt complainithewer not forced to be ther

  • @MrGuillevem

    @MrGuillevem

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@ARE_YOU_SICK_OF_YT_CENSORSHIP import them but pay the right price.

  • @judithnangekhe6307

    @judithnangekhe6307

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@faithlinah806 Are you insane or something?

  • @shaclo1512

    @shaclo1512

    5 жыл бұрын

    It was just water

  • @woulfe42
    @woulfe425 жыл бұрын

    We are all modern slaves this days. Ever since the global market was made that way. When you had better products from there own country shipped to richer countries for pennies on the dollars and have less superior products from the richer countries for higher prices imported to their countries. This is madeness and must stop.

  • @chisac7440
    @chisac74405 жыл бұрын

    Modern day slaves - everybody working a 9-5 is one anyway.

  • @jammyn7368
    @jammyn73685 жыл бұрын

    Heartbreaking...one has to wonder if things are that bad in their home countries that these poor people voluntarily work under these conditions, and for so little?

  • @somaliactors
    @somaliactors5 жыл бұрын

    To those who left Ethiopia to work like that! Well damn! Hope you remember your way back home 🏡 🇪🇹

  • @funDAYsmiling
    @funDAYsmiling5 жыл бұрын

    I live in Florida in the USA, and the actual slaves had more rights than the pickers here. I don't know how they do it.

  • @leosun3203

    @leosun3203

    5 жыл бұрын

    Actual slaves ! What do u mean

  • @myimperfectbody8681
    @myimperfectbody86815 жыл бұрын

    I hope one day, every goverment in any nation recognize the value of farmers or those worker whose working under the sun to provide foods and made foods. Not because those are the most tiring job - but also because they are the one whos getting the lower income and lessappreciated. I hope universities also give proper info about agriculture and what is the important of it not just in Europe but in the whole word. Not look in color or nationality - just appriciate and give the right amount of selfvalue, income and appreciation. I hope.

  • @kanusanyal794

    @kanusanyal794

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hi,Sir i am journalists news paper of

  • @TeacherFlash
    @TeacherFlash5 жыл бұрын

    I am ashamed to see this

  • @TeacherFlash

    @TeacherFlash

    5 жыл бұрын

    I feel so ashamed

  • @Xergecuz
    @Xergecuz5 жыл бұрын

    6 euros an hour doesn't sound so bad, specially when you keep in mind that they probably have no education and that those 6 euros are enough to keep their families fed back in Africa, the thing is wages in Europe are too high, that's why Spain has had 20% unemployment rates for the best part of a decade, including 50% youth unemployment

  • @medibous3257
    @medibous32575 жыл бұрын

    The CEO's salary raise to the No limit ,while the poorest don't have ANY food on their table " We need to make the world GREAT AGAIN not the top People (Legal Mafia with suite ) ******************Share @ Hope for the Forgotten ***********************

  • @dlewis8405
    @dlewis84055 жыл бұрын

    These types of reports are supposed to make you feel bad but then I see someone who has work, a roof over their head, and some money for their own food. I don't feel bad for them at all.

  • @plcleader
    @plcleader5 жыл бұрын

    They are working, making the money they can to get a better life, andyou are calling them slaves.. So i see that the news stations nowadays are just a bunch of spoiled brats..

  • @escrappy9988
    @escrappy99885 жыл бұрын

    You call this slave?? Are you kidding me!!???

  • @drxaayoow2105
    @drxaayoow21055 жыл бұрын

    If they are paid, they are not slaves.

  • @djaaybelovely9946
    @djaaybelovely99465 жыл бұрын

    Africans we better love our continent

  • @shehinmuhammad1663
    @shehinmuhammad16636 жыл бұрын

    iam working in sudy arabia my salary is 100uro monthly

  • @cosmicdreams7115
    @cosmicdreams71155 жыл бұрын

    These people are thankful to live better here and getting paid. So lady filming this does not make sense. If it bad they will leave and go away but for them is better than nothing.

  • @goranmilic442

    @goranmilic442

    4 жыл бұрын

    West Europe countries first deliberately destroyed African countries economies, even after decolonization, forcing Africans to move to Europe, while Europeans exploits natural wealth of Africa. Also, borders of African countries are deliberately created by Europeans in the way that there would be conflicts and civil wars. When the Africans come to Europe, Europeans will say nobody forced them and it's better to work in Europe than to starve in Africa. Give African countries their wealth back and they could live well from it, in their own country.

  • @brianrichards7006
    @brianrichards70065 жыл бұрын

    LOL. Encourage the workers to protest below average wages. See workers get laid off. See workers starving because they don't have any work. See farm owners hire new labor at previous low wages. Brilliant strategy.....

  • @deehuynh6774
    @deehuynh67745 жыл бұрын

    People that work and get paid are not slaves

  • @amankwaabeatriceoseioosei4667
    @amankwaabeatriceoseioosei46675 жыл бұрын

    We have all slept in horrible places like this before. It's not easy at all.

  • @vishnuraju1659
    @vishnuraju16595 жыл бұрын

    It's not really slavery. They earn alotta money. Some people are working in india for just a 100 dollar bill. 100 dollar per month !!! Can you imagine ???

  • @pankajakathaita5169

    @pankajakathaita5169

    5 жыл бұрын

    You don't get anything with 200 euros a month just bread, in India food is cheap transportation is cheap.

  • @vishnuraju1659

    @vishnuraju1659

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@pankajakathaita5169 i heard they are earning about 36 euros a day, that means they can earn about 1000 euros per month. I'm from kerala, here are alot of people who works for less than 100 dollar for a month. About 75 dollars. In Kerala, things are not really cheap. That's slavery. And, people are willing.

  • @vaibhav3946

    @vaibhav3946

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@vishnuraju1659 who works for 75 USD a month?? you are just a lier... if there is someone who is ready to work for 75 then give me his contact details and I am really to give him 80% more for just 6hour per day work in Maharashtra State. I really need workers in my store.

  • @vaibhav3946

    @vaibhav3946

    5 жыл бұрын

    and 1000 is very small amount in Europe...you are converting indian rupees into Euros and comparing their wages which doesn't make any sense. most of products and services in india are dirt cheap or free for poors.

  • @sethsamuel6357
    @sethsamuel63575 жыл бұрын

    I leave the farm owners and the exploited workers with James 5

  • @amankwaabeatriceoseioosei4667
    @amankwaabeatriceoseioosei46675 жыл бұрын

    No one should joke with Mother Nature.

  • @nocomment2152
    @nocomment21525 жыл бұрын

    the exact same is happening in Greece too

  • @abrahkadabra9501
    @abrahkadabra95015 жыл бұрын

    Stop blaming this problem only on the Europeans. These migrants are pouring into Europe and willing to work under harsh conditions. The same is happening in North America with migrants from Central and South America. If you're looking for someone to blame then why aren't you looking at their country of origin? This is a complex multinational problem with plenty of blame to go around.

  • @richardburns6305

    @richardburns6305

    5 жыл бұрын

    An excellent reply Horatio.

  • @christophergungasimba5689

    @christophergungasimba5689

    5 жыл бұрын

    I am from Africa. This is very true. We can't blame Europeans only, why not countries they come from?

  • @ysayysay1721
    @ysayysay17215 жыл бұрын

    Helow everybody..can I apply as a worker for picking fruits..from Philippines hope u gonna see my and read my msgs..thank u..

  • @texasgun2731

    @texasgun2731

    5 жыл бұрын

    just show up in a boat claiming to be a refugee. merkel will give you free money and healthcare

  • @JASDKA1

    @JASDKA1

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@texasgun2731 XD

  • @sedsa097
    @sedsa0975 жыл бұрын

    This is not slavery, as a descendant of slaves, I'm a little insulted. It is exploitation. A lot of businesses at least in France engage in shady behaviour, like only taking cash to better falsify their earnings for tax purposes, or hiring legal and illegal migrants without helping hem get a work permit. It boils down to businesses trying to circumvent the law.

  • @greent4163
    @greent41635 жыл бұрын

    Why pay such huge amount when Indian farm labor can work for 20 euros per day happily

  • @vaibhav3946

    @vaibhav3946

    5 жыл бұрын

    in Europe????

  • @tritone3284
    @tritone32845 жыл бұрын

    Very sad. They have to be very strict and try to change this whole situation. L

  • @MrGigi-dz9cv
    @MrGigi-dz9cv5 жыл бұрын

    People are exploited allover poor countries of Europe. Wages are around 300 E / mo. So people go to work in agriculture in Spain or Italy even if it is a hard work, poor conditions or manny time phisical abuse.

  • @MrGigi-dz9cv

    @MrGigi-dz9cv

    5 жыл бұрын

    These people really feed Europe, while the rich countries are occupied with gender equality or other nonsense.

  • @richardbaldock2707
    @richardbaldock27074 жыл бұрын

    Never meet a poor farmer yet ,greedy buggers,get paid for growing ,get paid for not growing ,

  • @pawemhlana1960
    @pawemhlana19605 жыл бұрын

    So the people are eating food that has been sprayed with dangerous chemicals??

  • @joeairbender267

    @joeairbender267

    5 жыл бұрын

    Haha yes, almost every fruits and vegetables you see at the grocery is full of chemicals, not even healthy anymore. No wonder there is more and more people getting sicks or kids born with problems.

  • @PuranSingh-mm1yk
    @PuranSingh-mm1yk5 жыл бұрын

    I Feel for them so sad

  • @TheChrist559
    @TheChrist5595 жыл бұрын

    It’s a cruel world

  • @PhyllisGlassup2TheBrim
    @PhyllisGlassup2TheBrim5 жыл бұрын

    the chemicals you see them spray in the tomato houses was H2o. Literally they were watering the plants lol.

  • @msnos6245
    @msnos62452 жыл бұрын

    Jimmy speak Spanish and French, billingual people are useful. What he's doing is beneath him

  • @rukundojoshua2728
    @rukundojoshua27285 жыл бұрын

    Use your salary to buy yourself gloves and musks. Its your iwn life not your boss'!

  • @yavor05

    @yavor05

    5 жыл бұрын

    You argument is ridiculous - if workers have to buy the means of production in order to work properly, then they should be considered business owners. One of the few advantages of being a worker is that you only have to supply your work, time and expertise.

  • @matthachireth4976
    @matthachireth49764 жыл бұрын

    Canadian, Ice land, Minus 35 degrees, exact Slavic culture.Tax extracted, selling trade is just part of slave transaction.

  • @sunnykennedy9640
    @sunnykennedy96405 жыл бұрын

    Hello is there no minimum wage paid per hours in Spain?

  • @Afro_Updates

    @Afro_Updates

    5 жыл бұрын

    Also in italy

  • @sunnykennedy9640

    @sunnykennedy9640

    5 жыл бұрын

    So u main Nigeria guys in Italy work at farm as well

  • @valentinciprianaldea1994
    @valentinciprianaldea19946 жыл бұрын

    You call this slavery?! Pornography is slavery, and watching Pornography is slavery

  • @vinny4149
    @vinny41495 жыл бұрын

    Are they not illegal to begin with?

  • @Zamella1
    @Zamella15 жыл бұрын

    BUSINESS TO GROW IN BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC ALSO THE WORKERS, ZERO TOLERANCE EXPLOITATION!!!

  • @lovelyindia71
    @lovelyindia715 жыл бұрын

    Jesus save us

  • @mirramurthygiridhar2510

    @mirramurthygiridhar2510

    5 жыл бұрын

    We have to do something. Can't leave things to Jesus.

  • @bicepstriceps4713

    @bicepstriceps4713

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Dharmic Yoddha so you doo adit that He egzisted??:D

  • @ashtesera6949
    @ashtesera69495 жыл бұрын

    my sympathy goes to this immigrant. in addition to that, the fruit what we eat on supermarket , fruit made in Europe are so toxic. we should band from buying. i will never buy European made fruit from today

  • @SmogenParadise
    @SmogenParadise5 жыл бұрын

    What if that plays out in France, would you call it slavery?

  • @claudiaf.2236
    @claudiaf.22365 жыл бұрын

    It is a hard life those people live, but to compare them to slaves is an insult to real slaves. In Northern Sudan there are Slaves from South Sudan. They were captured as children, sometimes after their village was distroyed, everybody slaughtered, except the children who were sold as slaves to North Sudan into Muslim families. They are treated very bad, because they are only Christians. Many of them die, the only way to survive is one day to try to escape. But if they are not lucky...

  • @theb166-er3
    @theb166-er35 жыл бұрын

    These people earn more than teachers in Hungary... not kidding... but we don't live in slums.

  • @Eddyeddyparendayahoocom
    @Eddyeddyparendayahoocom5 жыл бұрын

    36 euros is much better than what a professional accountantant is getting back in africa

  • @JASDKA1

    @JASDKA1

    5 жыл бұрын

    Currency changes. Otherwise it'd be kinda close.

  • @rajatsh5261
    @rajatsh52615 жыл бұрын

    And we thought it just happens in UAE and Saudi

  • @brucethomas1720
    @brucethomas17205 жыл бұрын

    The translation into English is ridiculous, so many wrongs are unbelievably shameful for such source!

  • @parkermichael620
    @parkermichael6205 жыл бұрын

    6 euro per hours or 36 euro a day so you work 6 hours a day that a half day for me.

  • @VelisosaVision
    @VelisosaVision5 жыл бұрын

    i wouldnt call its slavery more like exploitation they have a coice not to work even tho its slim for them witch is why they work like this in the 1st place they dont have to put up with it..... they choose to... make a doc about private prisons n then u can call it modern day slavery... i get it tho type slavery in the name n click click click lol

  • @tompahdea9263
    @tompahdea92635 жыл бұрын

    The creater if this episode has mislabeled the workers--these are exploited but not slaves. The same has had its time in the US especially here in California where so many agricultural goods for the USA come.

  • @susanapollo284
    @susanapollo2845 жыл бұрын

    The money they pay to traffickers to cross them over the ocesn in boats is enough to start a small business in Africa If they didn't cross the ocean, lack of workers would cause them to buy tomatoes and strawberries from your own countries.

  • @tlkness
    @tlkness5 жыл бұрын

    This is actually helping them out. There's a reason why they go there to work. It's because it's better than any opportunity they have in their own country.

  • @MegaRyan123456

    @MegaRyan123456

    Жыл бұрын

    I want you to sit down and do some critical thinking about what you just said 🤣

  • @JD-kf2ki
    @JD-kf2ki5 жыл бұрын

    Agreement is agreement. Deal is deal. If you like it not, you can leave any day. This condition is still way better than lots of countries in Asia and Africa. Stop complaining.

  • @fallenslave6684
    @fallenslave66845 жыл бұрын

    So sad.

  • @huntthewild6643
    @huntthewild66435 жыл бұрын

    No matter how much you earn or what you do, if you work for money you are a slave. If you have to work to pay to live then you are a slave. That means 91% of all adults are slaves.

  • @heatherfeather9951
    @heatherfeather99513 жыл бұрын

    It's absolutely ridiculous that these migrants should have to pay taxes to fund a system that does nothing for them. Once technology allows for crop production in Africa, the workers can actually own their own farms and keep the profit.

  • @sweetheart-eg8yo
    @sweetheart-eg8yo5 жыл бұрын

    Democratic Party 1861 without slaves who will pick our crops Democrats 2019 without illegal immigrants who will pick our crops?

  • @savannah6206
    @savannah62065 жыл бұрын

    A pair of boots, gloves and a mask won't cost much right? Why don't they buy themselves? 🤔

  • @robertculver9274
    @robertculver92745 жыл бұрын

    HOW MUCH MONEY IS 20 UROS IN AMERICAN MONEY ?

  • @vdoxsamp7283

    @vdoxsamp7283

    4 жыл бұрын

    Dollar is worth more so less than 20 dollars.

  • @terribrad24
    @terribrad245 жыл бұрын

    A slave is forced to work and works for free. Calling workers with low pay who can leave whenever they want "slaves" is a slap in the face of real slave history

  • @noelarcala4435
    @noelarcala44355 жыл бұрын

    I earn 11euros per night here in saudi im on a night shift. while they get it in just 2hrs . i worked for it in 10 to 16 hours . these workers cant complain becos their salary is huge money compared when they work in their country . I get 50riyal per day equal to 11.96 euros and they can earned that in just 2 hrs

  • @BXJ-mi9mm

    @BXJ-mi9mm

    5 жыл бұрын

    Do you have any idea how expensive life is in Spain? Being better than Saudi Arabia is hardly anything to brag about…

  • @shaclo1512

    @shaclo1512

    5 жыл бұрын

    I get more than 20€ per hour but guess what, I don‘t have a much better life than you

  • @noelarcala4435

    @noelarcala4435

    5 жыл бұрын

    B5429671 XJ their salary wont be spend in Spain or Italy . itll be send to their country somewhere in africa and its a huge amount . look at them they dont own smart phone coz they dont need it . they dont spend money on nternet . they just eat sleep and work .uve heared some mail man here saying that salary is closed to minimum while hes just a minimum whos a Local citizen working in his own country . I guess the problem with them is not the salary but the working condition they get due to no safety protection from chemicals

  • @noelarcala4435

    @noelarcala4435

    5 жыл бұрын

    B5429671 XJ B5429671 XJ im not a citizen in saudi arabia and im not bragging . im from Philippines . that 11euros per day ive worked is a big amount when it was send to Phil. how much more if I would earn a 6euros per hour.

  • @BXJ-mi9mm

    @BXJ-mi9mm

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@noelarcala4435 I guess they don't have to eat, sleep, drink, or do anything that makes them "human"? I don't know, sounds a lot like a slave… Even local people struggle to live in families and survive on minimum wage. Now imagine being alone in a foreign country trying to survive.

  • @BigJProductions
    @BigJProductions5 жыл бұрын

    El espanol (empleador) mas probable se hace mentiras! ...es normal ahí.

  • @Hybridhuman100
    @Hybridhuman1003 жыл бұрын

    Slaves don't get paid, these individuals who tried to make a living through below standard wage are the ones who bid for a lower wage, it's a tight competition in the labor market, you have to compete to be able to survive, there's no slave here, it's all about competition.

  • @vibarva
    @vibarva5 жыл бұрын

    they are not forced to work. fruit growers help pickers,which work in much much better conditions than in their homeland.

  • @ndorobei4391
    @ndorobei43915 жыл бұрын

    They are paid. But, that burn cause by chemical is terrible.

  • @klaasdeboer8106
    @klaasdeboer81065 жыл бұрын

    At least subtitles in stead of voice over!1

  • @Papashouse
    @Papashouse5 жыл бұрын

    The title is misleading. They are not slaves probably underpaid and exploitation of the vulnerable.

  • @Zamella1
    @Zamella15 жыл бұрын

    EVEN SO, SMALL OR BIG BUSINESS HAVE TO RESPECT HUMAN RIGHT!. NO EXPLOITATION!!!

  • @MegaBudgreen
    @MegaBudgreen7 жыл бұрын

    Sad :/