Migrants Haitians cut, pack and prepare the production of more than 12 hectares of romeritos for this holiday season in the ejido of San Pedro Tlahuacin the mayor’s office Tlahuac.
Hector Peña Piñarepresentative of the Peña Agricultural Products Cooperativeexplained that this is the first time they have hired people migrants to work in the production of Romeritos.
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“This is the strongest season we have of the yearthat of the romeritos harvest, so at this time we need more people for the harvest. This year we are approximately 20 people, among them we hired five Haitian migrants.
“They They came to the Tláhuac ejido to ask for work and since we needed personnel, we hired them the same day. and they started working, we normally employ people who come from Puebla or from here in the city,” he added.
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For the season the producers of Tláhuac and Xochimilco they have lists 2 thousand tons of romeritos.
The Sun of Mexico found that among the fields, migrants are distinguished from Mexican workers by their bare feetHowever, they have managed to integrate and generate camaraderie with the workers.
He romeritos producer said that even though Haitians do not speak Spanish, the cell phone has become their main tool to be able to communicate with them. Even with translation appsthe communication is complicated. Why they came to the countryside is a question that the group answers sparsely: they only pronounce the word need in French.
“Then Communication is difficult for us because we do not understand each other, but with signs and through the translator on the phone, they write and we respond. When they came to ask for a job with the translator, we explained to them what their work consisted of, and how much they would be paid,” he explained.
While The Haitians sang Christian praises, they cut the grass in the fields to clean and prepare the pilgrims. and they even joked with signs with the workers.
According to the producer, because it is high season, They are paid 300 to 350 pesos for an eight-hour workdaywith an hour of lunch and the tasks they perform consist of preparing the delivery of the pilgrims.“The tasks they perform are loading, unloading the product, placing the romerito in boxes, and put it on the trucks, there are times that we also ask them to help us cut, but We have staff in our community who are especially dedicated to cutting romerito”he explained.
According to United Nations High Commissioner (UNHCR), until May 2023, Five thousand Haitian migrants sheltered in the Tláhuac mayor’s office were counted. in deplorable conditions and without access to basic services such as drinking water and basic sanitation.
Héctor Peña acknowledged that Hundreds of migrants have entered the Tláhuac mayor’s office who need to work to surviveso they have no problem employing migrants.
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“I I see them happy, they work well what is asked of them, they are workers and I believe that we are going to continue hiring them to the rest of the year for the other seasons, whatever comes out of broccoli, onion, spinach and various types of vegetables and legumes,” he highlighted.