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Between tolerance and prohibition
Roma scrap metal collectors toiling outside Paris
Scrap metal collectors, working on the periphery of society, sustain the ground level operation of a lucrative global market. Facing exploitation and illegitimacy, their conditions have worsened since COVID-19.