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Aljazeera (30 April 2017). 'My biggest regret': Being a migrant worker in Greece. Available from http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/03/pakistani-migrant-workers-face-exploitation-greece-170325065743630.html

The article “My biggest regret': Being a migrant worker in Greece” arises questions related with the conditions that we are providing after the approbation of asylum. One more time the question arise in this article: Should we invite people when we do not provide proper conditions? When we invite someone to live with us it is implicit that we will treat them in a way that we would like to be treated. Exploitation should be avoided by the European authorities. Migrants are in a fragile situation. Because of this, some people try to exploit them. According to this article, in Greece they work seven days per week and 10 hours per day in the agriculture fields. Foreman make the workforce in debt. In this way they can not leave the work. One of the man said: "They tell you you must work to pay them back the money you owe them. But it is very difficult because they never pay you enough or give you enough work," (Aljazeera, 2017). Moreover, some of this workforce said that they come to Europe because they thought they will have a good standard of life. One of them said that in their country, Pakistan, the animals live better than he lives in Greece. As European citizen should we feel ashamed of this situation? Additionally, there is discrimination. Depends on your nationality the salary varies. If you are Pakistani, they will pay 22 euros. However, if you are Albanian, they will pay 28 euros. In conclusion, European Union have to deal with the migrant crisis in a humane way. Discrimination and exploitation should be avoided by the authorities. Consequently, shouldn’t be this people supported during the integration process in order to avoid smugglers and traffickers?