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The Documentary: The raspberry visa

The raspberry visa

07/11/2023 GMT

BBC World Service - The Documentary, The raspberry visa

In Portugal, foreign workers picking berries can apply for a visa after seven years work

In Portugal, foreign workers picking berries can apply for a visa after seven years of work. Is this the answer to the West's lack of workers?

The ‘Raspberry Visa’ is the colloquial name given to the Portuguese passport that workers picking berries in Western Portugal can apply for after seven years of work. Bhrikuti Rai and Fabian Federl visit Odemira, where the raspberries are grown, to find out what life is like for the workers here and whether their dream of earning an EU passport is worth the toil. Is this system the answer to the lack of workers in the West or simply another means for the unscrupulous to exploit the hopes of migrants with dreams of a better life?

(Photo: Bhrikuti Rai inside a raspberry tunnel. Credit: Helen Lennard)

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