Essays about: "Thai berry pickers"

Found 3 essays containing the words Thai berry pickers.

  1. 1. Along the paths of berry pickers : ascertaining the roles and positions of seasonal migrant berry pickers in Sweden through Swedish media

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Anudini Wijayarathna; [2022]
    Keywords : Swedish wild-berry industry; seasonal migrant berry pickers; Thai berry pickers; free tourist pickers; roles; socio-economic positions; labour conditions;

    Abstract : Sweden is one of the northern European countries that receive seasonal migrant labour annually from Thai and free/tourist pickers for wild-berry picking in rural northern forests and lands of Sweden. Both Thai and free/tourist pickers are subjected to different irregularities and unfair labour conditions within the Swedish wild-berries industry. READ MORE

  3. 2. Thai local brokers in the Swedish berry industry : Roles and positions across time and space

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för geografi

    Author : Peter van Eerbeek; [2019]
    Keywords : migration; labour; broker; precarity; intermediaries; berry; industry; Thailand; Sweden; precarity; mobility; seasonal work; debt;

    Abstract : Over the last decade, each year 2500 - 6000 Thai go to Sweden to work as berry pickers during the berry season via a regulated system of temporary work permits. Bangkok-based staffing agencies rely on the networks of local brokers to recruit workers in Thailand’s more peripheral northeastern Isan region, as part of the larger migration industry in Thailand. READ MORE

  4. 3. Thai migration flows to Sweden

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Kulturgeografi

    Author : Yang Chen; [2016]
    Keywords : Thai migration; Thai migrants; marriage migration; berry picking; informal berry pickers;

    Abstract : Along with the increasing economic and trade links, cultural exchange and tourism activities between the two countries, migration from Thailand to Sweden has been rapidly growing over the last decade (Webster & Haandrikman, 2014). There are manifold reasons that contribute to the migration to Sweden by many Thais, the most common and significant ones are marriage migration and berry picking (labour migration) (Hedberg, 2015). READ MORE