The richest street in the world is called a street in a French city.
But many migrant workers live in terrible conditions on the streets there!
The richest street in the world...
The city of Épernay is located in northern France. A street there is called the richest street or the richest street in the world.
The reason for this is that it is where the most expensive champagne, the highest quality wine in the world, is stored.
Last year alone, 300 million bottles of champagne were exported from the vineyards in northern France to the rest of the world.
The income earned by the exporters is six billion euros!
The situation of the migrants?
On the same rich street, at night, in front of a cinema, the migrants who work in those vineyards lie down.
Yes, their employers do not provide them with any place to stay.
Migrants are lured to work in these vineyards, lured by promises of good wages and bonuses.
The minimum wage in France is 9.23 euros per hour. That means they should be paid around 100 to 110 euros per day.
However, some of them only earn 200 euros per week.
Some are starving and some are stealing food due to lack of proper food.
The wineries that employ them claim that they are helping the migrants, even though they pay them low wages.
As these facts are now coming to light thanks to the media, four migrants working in a vineyard have died from heatstroke, and four people, including the vineyard owner, have been charged with human trafficking.
They will soon face court.
On the other hand, the situation continues where migrants live on the streets, starving, and without receiving any money, they simply go looking for other jobs.
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