Young graduates and apprentices, the first victims of the coronavirus crisis

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An apprentice works at the Compagnons du Tour de France training center on April 18, 2019 in Saint-Thibault-des-Vignes, near Paris (image of illustration). STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP

By: David Baché

Young workers are more affected than others by the coronavirus pandemic. According to the International Labor Organization, the ILO, more than one in six young people has been without a job since the Covid-19 crisis began. RFI invites you today to hear from young people who are about to enter the job market, in this more than degraded context. Young graduates or apprentices, testimonies of a generation put, from the start, in difficulty.

  • Youth
  • Employment and Work

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