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Foreign Labour Exploitation in the Agricultural Sector of the Province of Foggia Structural Dynamics Aalborg University Department of Culture and Global Studies Global Refugee Studies Foreign labour exploitation in the agricultural sector of the Province of Foggia Structural dynamics Paula Guagliano & Lisa Anita Mascheroni Student IDs: 20172587 - 20171584 Abstract Southern Italy presents high levels of labour exploitation in the field of agriculture (Corrado, 2018). Although it is not possible to precise the number of migrant workers in Italian agriculture due to a context of widespread irregularity, official data shows that around 50% of the workforce is composed by foreign nationals (CREA, 2017). These workers often experience high levels of labour exploitation, being poorly paid, working long hours and being exposed to toxic pesticides. Their precarious situation also extends to their living conditions once most migrants live in ghettos with no access to water, electricity and heating. In order to better understand what keeps migrant farm labourers in such precarious conditions, we decided to frame our research question in these terms: What are the main factors that contribute to maintain a system of foreign labour exploitation in the agriculture sector of Southern Italy, especially in the province of Foggia? To be able to answer this question, we decided to use qualitative methods as our primary source of data. During our fieldwork in Foggia, we conducted interviews, visited different locations, got in touch with a variety of actors, developed field notes and observations. However, to cope with the limitations of such a method, we also relied on quantitative methods as our secondary source. This means that we relied on different graphics, statistics, policies and official documents in order to better develop our analysis. During this thesis, our main argument will be that multiple and complex factors contribute to the exploitation of foreign farm workers and that, to be able to fully understand this situation, it is necessary to look at the structural dynamics underpinning such a system. To better organize our arguments, we will divide this paper in three main sections: 1. Historical continuities and the current context of widespread irregularity in the province of Foggia. During this section we will argue that ancient exploratory practices in the field of agriculture still persist and contribute to the exploitation of migrant farm works. We will also explain how a context of widespread irregularity and poverty relates to the above-mentioned exploitation system; 2. Juridical vulnerability: between securitization and humanitarianism. In this section, we will argue that Italian migration laws are mainly based on a combination of securitization and humanitarianism. The former, tend to develop control and security measures in order to manage human mobility; while the later justify the development of emergency measures and 2 tend to portray migrants as victims. We argue that both approaches, although in different ways, contribute to maintain this system of foreign labour exploitation; 3. Neoliberal globalization. Here, we will argue that neoliberal globalization affects the way the agricultural sector is structured in Southern Italy. We consider that the restructuring of agriculture according to global market rules brings consequences to both farmers and migrant workers, contributing to their exploitation, especially the exploitation of latter. 3 Table of Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 5 Terminology .......................................................................................................................................... 8 1. Methods .............................................................................................................................................. 9 1.1 Research Methods and Data gathering ....................................................................................... 10 1.2 Positioning and Ethical considerations ........................................................................................ 16 2. Theoretical Framework ................................................................................................................... 20 3. Contextualizing the field ................................................................................................................ 27 3 1 Historical Background and Current Context ............................................................................... 27 3.2 Legal Background ........................................................................................................................ 31 3.3. Presentation of different actors and migrants’ ghettos ............................................................... 35 Analytical Discussion ........................................................................................................................... 39 4. Historical continuities and the current context of widespread irregularity in the province of Foggia .................................................................................................................................................... 40 4.1 Historical perspective and current trends of irregularity in the agricultural field ....................... 40 4.2 The caporali ................................................................................................................................. 45 4.3 A context of diffuse irregularity in the province of Foggia ......................................................... 47 4.4 Poverty and Precarity ................................................................................................................... 52 5. Juridical vulnerability: between securitization and humanitarianism ....................................... 54 5.1 EU migration approach and the failure of the Italian Quota system .......................................... 55 5.2 Securitization and Deportability ................................................................................................. 58 5.3 The humanitarian approach to migrant workers ......................................................................... 62 5.4 Legal gaps: lack of alternatives ................................................................................................... 65 6. Neoliberal globalization .................................................................................................................. 68 6.1 Neoliberal globalization and the impact on the agricultural sector ............................................ 68 6.2 Global competition and the Common Agriculture Policy ........................................................... 69 6.3 Agri-food supply chain: the role of the retailers .......................................................................... 71 6.4 The consequences to southern Italian farmers ............................................................................. 72 6.5 The effects of neoliberal globalization for migrant farm workers in Southern Italy ................... 73 6.6 Contradictions between a securitized discourse and the need for foreign labour force .............. 78 Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................ 80 4 List of abbreviations CAP - Common Agriculture Policy CARA - Centro di Accoglienza per richiedenti asilo EU - European Union SPRAR - Servizio centrale di protezione per richiedenti asilo. Introduction Over the past years, regions like Apulia, Calabria and Sicily have gained media attention because of the growing presence of the so called ghettos, where migrant farm workers live. These ghettos are not homogeneous, being sometimes composed solely by abandoned brick houses and other times by containers and cardboard dwellings. They may also contain different ethnicities and nationalities. Nevertheless, they all show a great level of precarity with people rarely having access to heating, water and electricity. The level of hygiene is also quite low, with no access to sewage network or garbage collection. Since their appearance, Italian authorities have dismantled different ghettos, such as in 2017 when the Gran Ghetto, home to around 350 people in the province of Foggia, was demolished (LCI, 2017). With the arrival of the new government into power, the dismantling and evacuation of ghettos in the Southern part of Italy have increased (Infomigrant, 2019). On June 2016, a new right wing and populist coalition won the elections, formed by the Five Star Movement and Lega Nord. Since its political campaign, Lega Nord has portrayed migration as a security matter which must be stopped and controlled (Palm, 2018). Some months after their arrival into power, a new law came out: The Salvini Decree. The decree aims to harden Italian migration policies by abolishing humanitarian protection, by given more power to the local police and by concentrating asylum seekers in big reception centers - among other things (The Guardian, 2018). This law has passed regardless the high levels of labour exploitation experienced by migrant workers, many of which possess humanitarian protection, especially in the agricultural field. Agriculture is already the sector that presents the highest numbers of irregular work in Europe (OECD, 2012) and this situation is particularly worrying in Italy (Corrado, 2018). In addition, although it is not possible to precisely
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