Spain’s ‘Sea of Plastic’: Where Europe gets its produce, migrants get exploited
By DW
17 March 2019 |
2:13 pm
The greenhouses of Almeria grow much of Europe's fruits and vegetables. The region's dark secret: Tens of thousands of migrants are apparently taken advantage of to fill supermarket produce sections.
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