Policy Brief – Making Dignity Work in Farm-to-Fork: Closing EU Governance Gaps

Migrant workers are essential to Europe’s agri-food systems, from harvesting and processing to logistics and delivery. Across Farm-to-Fork (F2F) sectors, foreign nationals disproportionately fill physically demanding and low-paid jobs, often under conditions shaped by contractual instability, limited access to services, language barriers and housing insecurity. While risks are often most acute for people in irregular situations, precarity extends beyond legal status and reflects deeper structural dependencies and supply-chain dynamics. This Policy Brief distils the findings from the DignityFIRM EU-level Final Paper. It argues that persistent undignified working and living conditions do not stem from a lack of rules or knowledge.

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