“Four migrant workers reportedly burned alive in their car in attack in Italy”

The exploitation of farm workers in Italy has come under the spotlight again after four men – three Afghans and one from Pakistan – were allegedly burned alive in a car at a petrol station in Calabria.

The attack was captured by a surveillance camera at the garage in Amendolara, close to Cosenza. Two Pakistani nationals have been arrested on charges of aggravated murder, according to public prosecutor Alessandro D’Alessio.

The video footage, which was broadcast by the state TV network, Rai, and other Italian media, appears to show the suspects pouring liquid into the back of the vehicle while it is parked next to a petrol pump. They set it ablaze and block its doors to try to ensure the victims cannot get out.

A fourth Afghan man, who suffered burns to his arms, managed to escape through the boot…

CGIL, Italy’s biggest trade union, described the murders as an “unspeakable horror” and urged politicians to “combat the abominations of daily life experienced by workers, often migrants, in our countryside”…

Meloni’s government has addressed the exploitation issue through increased inspections at farms and of employers and by expanding legal channels of immigration…