Even though the European labour market increasingly needs them, migrant workers from third countries remain highly vulnerable. Part of this vulnerability is an artefact of the law.
Omizzolo not only organised the largest ever strike of exploited immigrants in Italy, but rescued one of them from horrific conditions of near slavery.
Scavenging food from the fodder provided to farm animals, working 11-12 hours a day for 50-100 euros a month, Balbir suffered inhuman conditions at the hands of his employers.
Seduced by the idea of earning well, thousands of Punjabi youths pay traffickers lakhs of rupees to get to Italy, only to find themselves working in conditions of near slavery.