Injured fruit pickers get state protection

A Supreme Court prosecutor in Greece has ordered that 35 immigrant strawberry pickers, most of whom were injured in a shooting last week, will be awarded state protection as victims of human trafficking. Twenty-eight migrant workers, mostly from Bangladesh, were injured in southern Greece after foremen allegedly opened fire with shotguns on a crowd demanding six months’ unpaid wages.
(22.04.2013) Kathimerini English Edition
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