Jul. 23, 2026
‘Caporalato’, the system that enslaves thousands of migrants in Italy’s fields: ‘If you don’t do what they ask, they threaten to set you on fire’
When Tazeeb Tazeeb arrived in Italy in 2021 after fleeing Pakistan —where he had received threats for his work as a journalist— and walking the Balkan route, he thought he had left his troubles behind. He found work in the fields of the Veneto... Read more.
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