Migrant agricultural workers in Italy are exploited

A Senegalese migrant worker displaying harvested tomatoes at an Italian tomato farm. Photo: Trafficking in Persons Office, Flickr

Av: Chiara D’Agni och Sofus Malte Rønberg

The agricultural sector in Southern Italy depends heavily on foreign labour forces coming from other EU member states or third countries. However, seasonal agricultural workers are more likely to experience violations of their rights. This is in order to reduce the producers’ wage costs as well as the prices charged to consumers in many countries including the Nordics.

27 april, 2021, English, Magazine, News article

Famine as a weapon in Yemen: A reportage on the world’s biggest neglected Humanitarian Crisis

Peter Biro (European Union 2019)/Flickr

Peter Biro (European Union 2019)/Flickr

Av: Leni Lindemann och Sofus Malte Rønberg

Political conflict is driving Yemen into the world’s biggest humanitarian crisis. Over half of the Yemeni population is acutely food insecure due to the deliberate targeting of food supply and infrastructure. In order to end hunger and achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2, international attention on the political nature of the crisis is required.

16 december, 2020, Article, English, Magazine, Reportage