Wed, 13 Jul, 2016 12:37:23 AM FTimes-STT Report, Jul 13
Most of the pickers usually come from Ukraine. From there this year 9,000 pickers will come. Until two years ago, about 6,000 Ukrainian pickers used to arrive in Finland annually. About one-third of the Ukrainian pickers will head to North Savonia. Thailand will send the second-highest number of berry pickers, who focus on picking forest berries.
The number of interested parties has grown enormously in recent years, said Alexander Ganchev, the man responsible for handling the Ukrainian berry pickers, told the newspaper in an interview. Ganchev said the cause for the increased interest is the weak economic situation and low wages in Ukraine.
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