Farm Work, Migration and the Diverse Forms of Struggle for Social Justice

Abstract

This themed issue was conceived during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, when border closures, temporary measures adopted by most countries to contain the spread of the virus, impeded the arrival of migrant farm workers and consequently highlighted the essential contributions migrant labour made to food production, while simultaneously shedding light on the deplorable conditions and lack of protections for most migrant workers employed in agriculture. Many of these appalling conditions had already existed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic but they became particularly visible during the global health crisis