Andalusia in Spain attracts foreigners flocking to beautiful beaches, and migrants flocking to harvest fruit and vegetables. While holidaymakers stay at expensive apartments, hundreds of fruit-pickers live in poverty-stricken, plastic shantytowns. ‘People come and say they are going to save us,’ says Ayoub. ‘They take our picture, but nothing changes. Nothing is ever going to change.’ 600 immigrants live in hovels, dust alleys are strewn with garbage, a dried-up riverbed is the toilet, and electricity is stolen from overhead lines. Ayoub works in hot greenhouses sprawling for miles, unseen by tourists enjoying long lunches, blissfully unaware of the harsh reality behind their salads.
Spain: Europe's vegetable garden - poverty and plastic
Written by David Fletcher 19 Aug 2021Additional Info
- Pray: for justice for the hundreds of migrants subjected to terrible conditions, fearful of being deported or sacked. Pray for better living and working conditions and fair wages. (Amos 5:24)
- More: www.euronews.com/2021/08/12/europe-s-vegetable-garden-is-ridden-with-poverty-plastic-and-perversity