For decades thousands of sikhs from north india have migrated to italy to work in the countrys agriculture industry the hope is to provide a better life for the families theyve left behind but though their labor is vital to italys Food Production many get caught in a cycle of exploitation and abuse from which they see little discussion weve been to investigate. The vast agricultural plains of the i grew up and pima in central italy are one of the countrys main areas of Food Production. But many of those who live here arent italians theyre indians. At least 11000. 00 of them and possibly up to 4 times more. Mostly sikhs from punjab in northern india they are economic migrants whove come here to work in local farms and send money. But all too often those dreams are crushed instead they can face abuse and exploitation laboring for pitiful wages and trapped in a system from which there is no escape. Weve come to hear their story. 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Inadequate and poorly in forced labor regulations allow farm owners to pay Migrant Workers well below industry minimums in italy usually set it 9. 00 euros an hour. Leave a. Trace and it would be. A miracle who. Would we get money and everything wed go. On all the. Recent Police Operations in the our group and tino have specifically targeted Business Owners who exploit their farm workers through trusted indian acolytes known as capital for gangmasters. Because if. You go away. I think that. I mean. But the police can only do so much and against this background with such big profits at stake. You know has become a magnet to businesses both local and international. You know in a. Moment i mean it. Is a dutch own company thats been producing vegetables in italy for over 2 decades. Be our interview we wish to remain anonymous but he worked for the company for 4 years then he decided to sue them for alleged workplace violations. I learned. 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Another often overlooked aspect of the hardships Migrant Workers endure is the pressure to meet the High Expectations of families back home. The guilt that comes with failing to satisfy those expectations can have tragic consequences. Want to be with him on. The young movie it. Would be on the media. Being a pretty good there may be that it will be who do joining. Me to better board but i wont be poor but i want the love either simple what it is your. All the beauty your. Voice the g. N. R. A beauty. And i got to see the image of the him because he. Made this was the home of study of all how to deep sing. Who hung himself with the cloth. From his turban just days before boarding a flight home to india. He was just one of 13 indian migrants who committed suicide here in recent years. Others have resorted to drugs. Made this abandoned green house his home. This was his bed. The leftovers from his last meal and a syringe. Tell a story of surrender and desperation. 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Earlier this year as italy went into lockdown in response to the corona virus pandemic the authorities issued a decree allowing for paperless Agricultural Workers to regularize their status for some it would be a chance to end their exploitation for others it would come too late. On saturday june 6 as we were shooting this film we received a call from a contact in the could have been yet. We were told that yet another indian farm worker had taken his life. His name was joe bundy job on he was 25 and had arrived in italy in the center 2019. A coworker told us how hed found job and deep hanging the noose around his neck was his traditional sikh turban. And i want. A word and he said. That. Get it going to you know i did what i know. Im gone and not a word up we. Get on the phone no no no no and then peeking got. Any response got 11000000 people. Get bored of london. Just. Goes to the. No. Problem. But theres something going on. But only if. 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Jenny did you know a lot more runs a company and theyre going to point to you know that employees over 100 workers. Joe bundy was friends had told us about one of its indian employees a gangmaster called jimmy who was allegedly handling the sale of job and keeps papers we spoke to jimmy over the telephone one. May need to feel the body and some of it would. Get i. Dont know that but i. Dont. Know that you know we dont know maybe. Wed be up but i want to look at you know i you know. We also tried to contact johnny did you know the owner of the company for which job on the job on work he did not respond so we wrote to him asking if he had illegally employed job on the how much money job on the road and whether the company had offered their paperless employees the possibility to access the governments amnesty agenda did you know i did not respond. Since the amnesty over 15000 illegal Agricultural Workers have applied for italian residence permits. With one of them was mild gender whom we met earlier for him at least things seem set to get better a little. And he says and i will make it if i get me out this fundamentally seclusion to help. Put a net on the end of a little list among the thoughts of the whole mentee up with the inane i cannot live. In the world when i decile a sense on the command to somebody to handle and that when taken on video if you dont know any xiang their content though we have this all over that i really didnt get where you judge it with what not to say from the. Message. For over a century Migrant Workers have been exploited in the fertile flat lands of the i grew up and. Just like the italian migrants that came to stay here before them the indians to seek a fresh start. But unless work regulations are applied and greedy farm owners punished. The weaker and most needy of them may not survive the journey. 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