Essays about: "Peter van Eerbeek"

Found 1 essay containing the words Peter van Eerbeek.

  1. 1. 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