The president of the permanent committee of Agriculture of the Chamber of Deputies, Rafael Antonio Abel Lora, warned that the banana sector of the Northwest line runs the risk of paralyzing the exports of its products.
The legislator said that due to actions taken by the National Army and the National Migration Directorate against foreign workers, production and export could be harmed.
In that sense, the legislator for Montecristi said that both institutions have started "massive raids", where they detain foreign workers, failing to comply with the 90-day period established by the National Migration Council to formalize foreign labor in the country.
Rafael Abel explained that Army trucks, duly identified, are kept standing in front of the farms and they prepare "all dark-skinned worker" to be cleared, even these present their identification documents and, in some cases, their visa passports.
"This practice has generalized the fear among the producers represented by Adobanano of failing to fulfill their sales commitments to the European Union, due to lack of labor to work the fruit."he explained.
Given this, he commented that farmers have proposed several alternatives to the government of zoned work permits, regional banana card and other solutions that allow the normal development of agricultural activities, until the State defines the official immigration policy.
Of the banana exports, the country receives weekly transfers worth more than 5 million dollars that boost the economy of the region and that produce jobs in more than 70,000 jobs.
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