What a way to attempt to make some kind of living.
Inside the Turkish Camps Where Syrian Refugees Work for $8 a Day
Thousands of Syrian refugees are now employed as migrant farm workers across Turkey, and they are particularly vulnerable to exploitation – especially as the government has effectively sanctioned using them as cheap labor.
WRITTEN BYAnna Lekas Miller PUBLISHED ON Sep. 8, 2016 READ TIMEApprox. 5 minutes
A woman does laundry in the center of the camp in Torbali, Turkey. It is the only water source in the camp, and most of the residents have parasites due to contamination.Danielle Villasana
TORBALI, TURKEY – “Look at this place. You can’t tell the difference between this camp and a toilet,” says Khadija, a 38-year-old Syrian mother of four, as she gestures around her home: a tent inside a concrete warehouse, made of dusty carpets draped over haphazardly positioned metal rods.
The warehouse in this small farming village on the outskirts of the Turkish coastal city of Izmir is home to almost 200 refugees. Many of them, like Khadija, work long hours as farmhands in the nearby fields.
They are among thousands of Syrian refugees working as migrant farm laborers across Turkey. The exact number is unknown, since most of the refugees cross the border surreptitiously and remain undocumented.
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Inside the Turkish Camps Where Syrian Refugees Work for $8 a Day
Inside the Turkish Camps Where Syrian Refugees Work for $8 a Day
Thousands of Syrian refugees are now employed as migrant farm workers across Turkey, and they are particularly vulnerable to exploitation – especially as the government has effectively sanctioned using them as cheap labor.
WRITTEN BYAnna Lekas Miller PUBLISHED ON Sep. 8, 2016 READ TIMEApprox. 5 minutes
A woman does laundry in the center of the camp in Torbali, Turkey. It is the only water source in the camp, and most of the residents have parasites due to contamination.Danielle Villasana
TORBALI, TURKEY – “Look at this place. You can’t tell the difference between this camp and a toilet,” says Khadija, a 38-year-old Syrian mother of four, as she gestures around her home: a tent inside a concrete warehouse, made of dusty carpets draped over haphazardly positioned metal rods.
The warehouse in this small farming village on the outskirts of the Turkish coastal city of Izmir is home to almost 200 refugees. Many of them, like Khadija, work long hours as farmhands in the nearby fields.
They are among thousands of Syrian refugees working as migrant farm laborers across Turkey. The exact number is unknown, since most of the refugees cross the border surreptitiously and remain undocumented.
Continue reading at:
Inside the Turkish Camps Where Syrian Refugees Work for $8 a Day
