Spanish Emigrants Travel To Perpignan For French Wine Harvest

ALCALA DEL VALLE, SPAIN - SEPTEMBER 06: Fifi Navarro, 51, (C) says goodbye to her aunt Josefita Navarro before travelling towards France to work during the grape harvest on September 6, 2014 in Alcala del Valle, Spain. Fifi works on the french grape harvest since she was 21 years old. Every year thousands of Spanish emigrants, mainly from southern Spain travel to France to work during the wine harvest. This year UGT Spain union estimate on 15,000 emigrants moving to different areas of France to pick up grapes during the harvest season that it will last around 40-45 days. They will earn a minimum of Û9,53 per hour and a regular salary use to be over Û1,500 per month. Most of the emigrants work usually during different harvest seasons along the year, peaches in France and strawberries and olives in Spain. When the Spanish property bubble was on its highest peak, leaders of groups of emigrants had problems to find people to work during the harvest because the huge job offer from construction companies. Due to crisis every year more unemployed people try to get one of the jobs offered by the french wine cellars. Due to Machinery used during the harvest, year by year less jobs are offered in French. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)