Il fit des efforts désespérés pour atteindre le rivage.
He made desperate efforts to reach the shore.
Cela signifie que le gouvernement pénalise ceux-là mêmes qui travaillent et soutiennent, par leur travail, les efforts désespérés pour surmonter la crise.
This means that the government is victimising the very people who are working and supporting, through their work, the desperate efforts to overcome the crisis.