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The undocumented couriers of Uber Eats and Deliveroo, new convicts of meal delivery

2021-02-12T19:28:22.763Z


DECRYPTION -By reducing the price of shopping and refusing to pay delivery men, the platforms have opened the door to fraudsters: the latter rent accounts from undocumented migrants.


Undocumented “self-employed” people traveling to Vélib to deliver meals to Uber Eats and Deliveroo customers after having dined at Restos du cœur… Throughout France, the boom in meal delivery is accompanied by the increasing insecurity of couriers from platforms connecting customers and restaurants.

Orders have never been so high on these mobile apps.

But the remuneration and working conditions of couriers have deteriorated.

Some people illegally sublet accounts from autoentrepreneurs who charge them a commission.

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"In central Paris, more than half of delivery men are migrants,"

said Jérôme Pimot, president of the Collective of autonomous delivery men of Paris (Clap).

The more we talk about them, the more they risk being checked.

But the less we talk about them, the more platforms benefit from them.

It's a sad paradox. ”

How far away, the days of the beginnings of Deliveroo, Foodora and Takeiteasy (two applications that have since disappeared), when couriers

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Source: lefigaro

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