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More than half a million children in Romania alone had at least one working parent abroad in 2021, a study shows.

10. 430 students attend school at Zmeu Comprehensive Institute in Iași province. Thirty percent of the pupils’ mothers work abroad with their fathers. Boys and girls are left with their grandparents. The principal of the school, Iurciuc Ilie, believes distance negatively impacts performance. “Students with migrant parents tend to have lower grades and are more likely to drop out. They are more rebellious, tend to disregard rules and get sad in front of other student's mothers”.

Farm bosses routinely harass and exploit the workers who pick fruit for European supermarkets, investigation reveals.

Women fruit pickers in Spain, often from Morocco or Eastern Europe, are being exploited as they attempt to support themselves and families back home [Stefania Prandi/Al Jazeera]

Ethiopia hosts the highest number of refugees in Africa, a large number of whom are fleeing neighbouring Eritrea.

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