Some parents couldn't pay me because they have financial problems too," said Katerina, who earns about 10 euros an hour for lessons. "Right now I'm fully dependent on my parents financially but I don't know how long they will be able to support me." In Spain, some domestic workers have lost their jobs due to the crisis and are living from day to day, according to Ana Heras, coordinator of Caritas's Economic Solidarity team. "They can’t go, as we have, to fill up their trolleys at the supermarket with two weeks’ worth of shopping," she said. "We've seen many domestic workers coming to our food banks as a result."

Source: International New York Times April 01, 2020 07:30 UTC