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Migrant Settlements in Greek Strawberry Fields Tracked by Satellites

Expert researchers from the University of Nottingham's Rights Lab are working with the Greek government to try to fight human rights violations in the strawberry fields of Southern Greece. The university's Rights Lab has been developing satellite technology capable of...

Court Acquits 2 Defendants for Nea Manolada Migrant Shootings [UPDATE]

A Patras appeals court on Wednesday acquitted two of the four men charged with shooting and injuring 28 migrant labourers in Nea Manolada, Greece, in 2013. The migrants were working picking strawberries and they had gathered to ask for their...

Three Suspects Arrested In Migrant Shootings

Three men who were supervisors on a Greek strawberry farm and suspected of shooting at 200 immigrant workers, injuring 29 of them, were arrested on April 19, authorities said. The only information given was that the men were aged 21,...

Supervisor Opens Fire Against Foreign Workers

A Greek supervisor in an agricultural holding in Nea Manolada, Ilia, southwest of Greece, opened fire against foreign workers who demanded a six-month back pay on April 17. It all started when about 200 workers from Bangladesh, employed in a...