One of the laborers at Dornau’s farm told the outlet he sorted onions for about €5 per day after being detained in February 2024 for liking a post on social media.
He described difficult working conditions, with breakfast at 7 a.m. and no food or water until the end of the working day at 8 p.m.
“We were brought to a shelter,” he said. “It was a horrible basement, people had all kinds of clothes on, so our hands and feet were freezing.”
The onions, he noted, “were tasty.”
The work was overseen by a foreman who would decide whether the detainee would be paid, he said. The labor was not forced, according to the prisoner, and the earned money was supposed to go toward the maintenance of the detention center.
Dornau, according to the report, made at least one visit to his onion plantation to see his employees in person.
Different-Engine-550 on September 24th, 2024 at 16:24 UTC »
This would not be offbeat in the US.