THIS summer Italy is again witnessing high numbers of migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea in search of a better life.
While those arriving to the country’s shores are scapegoated, accused of wanting to abuse the system and since the outbreak of Covid-19, spreading the virus, many of those already on Italian soil are subjected to exploitation in the country’s agricultural fields, ignored by politicians and far from the eyes and hearts of ordinary citizens, often mostly concerned about getting fresh produce to their kitchen tables at bargain prices.
The research institute Osservatorio Placido Rizzotto, found that between October 2018 and October 2020 around 180,000 farmworkers in Italy were at risk of being recruited under the caporalato system, an illegal organised network which dominates the recruitment and management of workers and benefits from their exploitation.
Un vertice "realistico", così il presidente del Consiglio Mario Draghi ha definito il meeting del G7 a Corbis Bay, in Cornovaglia, che ha puntato la lente di ingrandimento sulla Cina.
"Ribadiamo il nostro interesse in rapporti stabili e prevedibili con la Russia e continueremo a
impegnarci nelle aree di comune interesse". E' quanto si legge nel comunicato finale del G7 di cui
Bloomberg ha ottenuto una copia. (ANSA)