The working conditions of many poor African migrants in rural areas of southern Italy are "appalling", the international medical charity MSF says.
The charity, which calls the workforce an invisible and vulnerable army, says migrants live in dilapidated buildings, with no electricity or running water.
Thousands of Africans, many of them without papers, seek jobs as fruit pickers in the Calabria region.
MSF says they are paid about 20 euros (£19; $29) for 12 hours' work daily.
"They live in disused houses, hangars or abandoned factories, with no running water, electricity or heat, often surrounded by rubbish that attracts rats and packs of stray dogs," said Antonio Virgilio, MSF's head of mission in Calabria. Read more
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