The ones we remember only with mass casualties

On Oct. 31, 2014, a small bus carrying seasonal agriculture workers drove into a curve and fell into a ditch. The vehicle had twice as many passengers as its capacity; bodies and injured people were scattered around and 17 people died. 

Even though opposition deputies have tabled a motion numerous times for a committee to be formed to inquire into the problems of seasonal agriculture workers, it was only after this terrible accident that a commission was formed. 

Last month, the report of this commission was publicized. Which means that the report was issued after the terms of the deputies who were members of the commission expired. 

Let us hope that the new parliament will at least take a glance at the ?suggestions? section of the report. We hope that they will try to solve the issue in time and with an approach based on rights. 

Otherwise, this issue will not be solved by hosting fast-breaking (iftar) dinners, with food aid packages and favors. 

On the other hand, this report has problems also. Since there was no clear description of what exactly the commission was supposed to do and which segments of the society to research, even the report?s definition of ?seasonal agriculture worker? was missing. 

The report did not include workers in animal husbandry, fishing, beekeeping and forestry; it was limited to agriculture workers in the process of plant production. It did not make any differentiation among them either. In fact, local agriculture workers and seasonal mobile agriculture workers have different transportation, working and living conditions. 

A report cannot be produced without studying which region, which months, which products and under which conditions as well as at which level of payment...