THE PICKERS traces the traces of our oranges, olives, strawberries, and blueberries back to the people who harvest them: In southern Italy, Seydou from Mali picks oranges. As a day laborer without a contract, he is paid by the crate. He lives in a self-built hut in a settlement without water or electricity. Blueberries in Portugal, olives in Greece, strawberries in Spain – more than two million migrants currently work in European fields, many of them without contracts or minimum wage, some without residency papers or heavily in debt to intermediaries.

TIM ZAHN from OXFAM is our guest and in conversation with Martin Finke from Eine Welt eV.

Posted by Aga Slawinska on May 21, 2025