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A Senegalese migrant at the edge of the Donana forest. A labourer come for the strawberry harvest, someone encountered earlier in El Ejido in 2006 (looking for work in the vegetable greenhouses). Spain, Huelva, 2007
A migrant workers' camp composed of makeshift shelters, in the woods, very close to the strawberry fields. Spain, Huelva, 2007
The destruction by the municipal police of some makeshift shelters built by the migrants near the strawberry fields where they have come to find work. It is the 5th time they have destroyed them. Spain, Huelva, 2007
A Senegalese worker, come from Almeria for the strawberry harvest. A photo taken during the destruction (for the 5th time) by the municipal police, of some makeshift shelters. They were built by the migrants, in the forest, near the greenhouses. Spain, Huelva, 2007
A Senegalese migrant (come for the strawberry harvest) salvaging some things from the ruins of his shelter that the police have just destroyed. Spain, Huelva, 2007
A Senegalese migrant (come for the strawberry harvest) salvaging some things from the ruins of his shelter that the police have just destroyed. Spain, Huelva, 2007
Senegalese migrants (come for the strawberry harvest) relocating their shelter, after the departure of the municipal police who have just destroyed it. Spain, Huelva, 2007
Migrants (come for the strawberry harvest) relocating their shelter, after the departure of the municipal police who have just destroyed it. Spain, Huelva, 2007
Senegalese migrants (come for the strawberry harvest) rebuild their makeshift shelter, after the departure of the municipal police who have just destroyed it. Spain, Huelva, 2007
After the destruction of their shelters, a new place to live. Isolated, at the edge of the forest and facing the strawberry fields, at the order of the police who don't want them to reassemble. "Be discreet, this must not resemble a village." Spain, Huelva, 2007
After the destruction of their shelters, a new place to live. Isolated, at the edge of the forest and facing the strawberry fields, at the order of the police who don't want them to reassemble. "Be discreet, this must not resemble a village." Spain, Huelva, 2007
A makeshift shelter equipped and inhabited by migrants, come to work in the nearby strawberry fields. Spain, Huelva, 2007
An abandoned car that the police have turned on its side with the aid of a mechanical shovel, after chasing its occupant. Spain, Huelva, 2007
A makeshift shelter equipped and inhabited by migrants, come to work in the nearby strawberry fields. Spain, Huelva, 2007
Gathering firewood by the migrants who live very close to the strawberry greenhouses. Spain, Province Huelva, 2007
Transporting firewood by the migrants who live very close to the strawberry greenhouses. Spain, Province Huelva, 2007
A Senegalese migrant fetches water in a container that used to be used for mixing chemicals. Spain, Huelva, 2007
A Senegalese migrant fetches fetches firewood and water along a row of strawberry greenhouses. The water collected at a neighbouring farm is often carried in containers that used to be used for mixing chemicals. Spain, Huelva, 2007
A Malian migrant bringing water to the camp. The water brought from the neighbouring farm, is often transported in containers that have been used for chemicals. Spain, Huelva, 2007
Senegalese migrants who have come at the start of the strawberry harvest, which follows that of olives. They suffer from the cold and wet. Spain, Huelva, 2007
Senegalese migrants who have come at the start of the strawberry harvest, which follows that of olives. They suffer from the cold and wet. Spain, Huelva, 2007
Senegalese migrants who have come at the start of the strawberry harvest, which follows that of olives. They suffer from the cold and wet. Spain, Huelva, 2007
Senegalese migrants who have come at the start of the strawberry harvest, which follows that of olives. They suffer from the cold and wet. Spain, Huelva, 2007
Labourers, employed periodically in the greenhouses, without money, they fish for food, and supplement it with rations given to them by the Red Cross and Caritas. Spain, Huelva, 2007
A migrant workers' camp composed of makeshift shelters, in the woods, very close to the strawberry fields. Spain, Huelva, 2007
Labourers, employed periodically in the greenhouses, without money, they fish for food, and supplement it with rations given to them by the Red Cross and Caritas. Spain, Huelva, 2007
A migrant workers' camp composed of makeshift shelters, in the woods, very close to the strawberry fields. Spain, Huelva, 2007
Tea at the camp of some Senegalese migrant workers, in the woods, very close to the strawberry fields. Spain, Huelva, 2007
After a day of work in the strawberry fields, a migrant worker has a rest in the camp. Spain, Huelva, 2007
A card game to maintain their morale. These workers have not found a taker today. At the start of the season, they are unfortunately used as stop-gaps who are mainly employed on the weekends and on holidays. They are part of what might be called a reserve army of the unemployed, used to adjust for peaks in production. Spain, Huelva, 2007
A Red Cross truck arrives carrying food and clothing to immigrant workers who live in makeshift shelters in the woods. Spain, Huelva, 2007
A Malian worker in the hospital at Huelva suspected of malaria. In fact it will turn out to be fever due to the cold he has suffered in his camp in the forest. Spain, Huelva, 2007
Caritas parish. The distribution of food to migrant workers in front of local television cameras and members of the Guardia Civil. Throughout Spain, immigrant workers without papers are not harassed by the police (roundups, forced return to their country, etc...). Spain, Huelva, 2007
Caritas parish. The distribution of food to migrant workers in front of local television cameras and a member of the Guardia Civil. Throughout Spain, immigrant workers without papers are not harassed by the police (roundups, forced return to their country, etc...) Spain, Huelva, 2007
Local television, come with the Guardia Civil, ask a Mauritanian migrant worker to pretend to warm himself by the fire (which is not lit). Throughout Spain, immigrant workers are not harassed by the police (roundups, forced return to their country, etc...). Spain, Huelva, 2007
Immigrant Malian and Senegalese at a popular service station in the strawberry fields (between Palos de la Frontera and Mazagon), known as a place to find work, go shopping and telephone, as well as selling petrol. Spain, Huelva, 2007
A Gambian worker watches the destruction by the municipal police of the makeshift shelters, built by the migrants near the strawberry fields where they work. It is the 5th time they have destroyed them. Spain, Huelva, 2007
A Malian worker after a day in the strawberry fields. Spain, Huelva, 2007
A Senegalese worker in front of a makeshift shelter in the woods, near the strawberry fields. Spain, Huelva, 2007
A Mauritanian worker under a makeshift shelter in the woods, near the strawberry fields. Spain, Huelva, 2007
A worker under a makeshift shelter in the woods, near the strawberry fields. Spain, Huelva, 2007
A Guinean worker after a day in the strawberry fields. Later on he will change employers and be housed in a cortijo (an agricultural shed). Spain, Huelva, 2007
A Senegalese worker in front of a makeshift shelter in the woods, near the strawberry fields. Spain, Huelva, 2007
A Malian worker in front of a makeshift shelter in the woods, near the strawberry fields. Spain, Huelva, 2007
Gambian and Senegalese workers watch the destruction by the municipal police of the makeshift shelters, built by the migrants near the strawberry fields where they work. It is the 5th time they have destroyed them. Spain, Huelva, 2007