The story of some immigrant farm labourers in Puglia, subjected to working conditions that can only be compared "to slavery", as told by the Italian journalist Fabrizio Gatti, who pretended to be a migrant worker, on the weekly "L’Espresso", won the first prize at the European press award 2006 about "Yes to diversity, no to discrimination." The second prize was won by the article published on Népszabadság online "Our gipsy daughter" by the Hungarian Miklós Hargitai, while the third place went to the Belgian journalist Petra Sjouwerman, correspondent from Scandinavia for De Morgen, who won with the piece "A company hires autistics only", in which she looks at the way "difference" can be a bonus. The special youth prize was won by the Finnish Henna Helne for her article "Mothers who learn their children’s language". The winners will be given the prize promoted by the European Commission to "honour journalists whose work contributes to a better understanding of diversity and discrimination" in Brussels today by Vladimír pidla, European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities. "The media explains pidla are called to play a key role in raising public awareness of these major issues. We will not tolerate any form of discrimination".
