Four migrants working as fruit pickers in slave-like conditions in southern Italy have been burned to death in a grisly murder case that is prompting fresh national soul-searching over labour exploitation. The migrants were found on Monday in a burned-out van parked in a petrol station in Amendolara, in the southern region of Calabria. Surveillance cameras showed two people setting the car alight before running away. FRANCE 24's Seema Gupta reports from Rome.

Italian police have arrested two people accused in the deaths of four migrant farmworkers who were burned alive in a car.

Im Süden des Landes werden vier ausländische Billiglöhner brutal getötet. Der Mord wirft ein Schlaglicht auf die Arbeitsbedingungen in Italiens Landwirtschaft – die auch deutsche…

Petrol station attack in Calabria throws spotlight on widespread exploitation of foreign farm labourers

De viervoudige moord zou volgens Italiaanse media het gevolg zijn van een slepend conflict in de landbouw van Calabrië.

Dois detidos após morte de quatro trabalhadores agrícolas queimados vivos no sul do país. Igreja e sindicatos exigem respostas: “Basta de silêncio cúmplice.”

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Four migrants working as fruit pickers in slave-like conditions in southern Italy have been burned to death. The murder case is prompting fresh national soul searching over the…

Uitbuiting: Volgens de enige overlevende van de aanval zouden de vier mannen slachtoffer zijn van een malafide werkgever. De Italiaanse landbouw is berucht wegens de grootschalige…

Four migrants working as fruit pickers in slave-like conditions in southern Italy have been burned to death in a grisly murder case that is prompting fresh national…

El caso reaviva el problema de la explotación laboral en el campo en el país

Italian media say there have been 14 cases of arson involving vehicles carrying Pakistanis in the area in recent months, where tensions between migrants over the division of farm…

The public prosecutor leading the investigation in Italy says he has ‘never seen such cruelty’ in 30 years of work

“The horrific murder of the four farm laborers in Calabria has shocked us all,” Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni said.

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Dois paquistaneses foram presos suspeitos de incendiar veículo com as vítimas dentro; caso reacende debate sobre abusos contra trabalhadores migrantes no setor agrícola italiano