The European Commission is planning to come up with a law harmonising penalties for businesses exploiting illegal workers - from both third countries and EU member states - in a bid to prevent situations similar to the recently discovered slave camp with Polish workers in southern Italy.
Tackling the black market in labour is one of the key priorities of a package aimed at fighting illegal immigration adopted by Brussels on Wednesday (19 July).
Commission vice-president Franco Fra...
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