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    Labour¶

    A railway station and harbour at sunset where travellers with suitcases arrive from the trains and ships. Above the platforms, arched windows show the work they come for: an old man cared for in his chair, an orchard, a hospital ward, a warehouse and a building site. On a bench a young woman reads a letter beside a photograph.

    Care work, harvests, logistics and healthcare already partly run on migrant labour, and Europe is getting older faster than it is getting younger.

    • The shrinking workforce
    • Care without carers
    • The harvest clock
    • Keeping Europe moving
    • Beds without staff
    • Who comes and stays
    • One shortage breeds another
    2026-10-27 11:10
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