Inadequate housing for migrants cited in coroner report May 6, 2021
A coroner’s report into the COVID-19 deaths of three migrant farm workers last year has highlighted the role crowded, inadequate housing played in spreading the deadly virus on Ontario farms, plus a jumble of overlapping jurisdictions overseeing the living and working conditions of temporary foreign workers.
Deputy chief Ontario coroner Dr. Reuven R. Jhirad is recommending a further, formal inquest into the deaths of Bonifacio Eugenio Romero, Rogelio Munoz Santos and Juan Lopez Chaparro in May and June of last year.
Fr. Peter Ciallella, who presided at a memorial Mass for Lopez Chaparro at Blessed Sacrament Church in Burford, Ont., last year, is not surprised the coroner highlighted housing.
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The death of a young Caribbean migrant worker last week before he could even reach his job at a farm in Brant County has caused consternation among his co-workers and the farm family at Welsh Bros. Farm.
Romario Morgan, 22, was to spend his fourth season at the small farm operation that grows corn, asparagus, peas and pumpkins.
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“Everyone is wondering what happened, but we don’t have anything to speculate on,” said Charles Welsh, whose family has worked the land in Scotland, southwest of Brantford, for more than 160 years.