DW's correspondents are reporting from Ukraine and the neighboring countries about the war, the refugee situation and how Europe is responding. Here's what they've experienced over the past few days.
Exploitation of contract workers in Germany
Better pay, worse conditions
People have been coming to Germany to work from Poland, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria ever since the EU s eastern enlargement, because the wage gap makes it worthwhile. Often these mobile workers” spend a few months in Germany and a few months at home. A whole system has come into place to lure mobile workers, who do not enjoy the same rights as other employees in Germany. Whole sectors have become dependent on mobile workers. When the borders were forced to close because of the pandemic earlier this year, there was an outcry from German agricultural companies because there were not enough seasonal workers to harvest the crops. Some 80,000 Romanian workers were flown in to pick asparagus.
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