Day labourer Jorge Ibanez throws potatoes into a 1250-kg sack as he harvests potatoes in Cartagena, Murcia...
Day labourer Jorge Ibanez, 20, throws potatoes into a 1250-kg (2755 lbs) sack as he harvests potatoes in the southern Spanish region of Cartagena, Murcia, June 7, 2013. Ibanez quit school at the age of 16 to help pay the bills at home and did various different jobs before going back to complete his secondary education. Recently, he decided to start working as a day labourer. "I know for sure this is not what I want to do for the rest of my life, but this is all I can find now," he says. The majority of day labourers in the region come from Morocco and Ecuador, and it can be rare to see Spanish labourers in the fields. Nevertheless, as Spain wrestles with economic crisis and youth unemployment levels above 50 percent, some young Spaniards are starting to consider the kinds of jobs mostly performed by immigrants during the boom years. Picture taken June 7, 2013. REUTERS/Susana Vera (SPAIN - Tags: AGRICULTURE BUSINESS SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT)
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