ROME: Sixteen foreign agricultural workers died in two separate crashes within the space of 48 hours in southern Italy, prompting the government on Monday (Aug 6) to respond to the plight of tomato pickers during harvest season. Every summer thousands of workers, mostly migrants, arrive in the Puglian countryside for the harvest of tomatoes and other crops.
Twelve migrant workers die and three others are injured when a truck collides with a van in Foggia, Italy.