Part 1: How Filipinos landed in Belgium’s biggest trafficking scandal
Résumé
Date indiquée: 7 Jui 2023
Lieu: Belgique
Entreprises
Borealis (joint venture Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) of Abu Dhabi & OMV). - Other Value Chain Entity , IREM - Employer , Raj Bhar Engineering - EmployerConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: 174
Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( Chiffre inconnu - Bangladesh , Industries : Généralités , Gender not reported ) , Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( Chiffre inconnu - Turquie , Industries : Généralités , Gender not reported ) , Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( Chiffre inconnu - Philippines , Industries : Généralités , Gender not reported )Enjeux
Déni de liberté de mouvement , Wage Theft , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Contract Substitution , Traite des êtres humains , Discrimination fondée sur la situation familialeRéponse
Réponse demandée : Oui, par The Resource Centre
Affaire contenant la réponse: (En savoir plus)
Mesures prises: Borealis and IREM provided responses to the Resource Centre. Raj Bhar Engineering did not. The case is currently before the Belgian state and workers were granted Orange Cards - a type of residency permit renewable while the case is under inquiry.
Type de source: News outlet
Résumé
Date indiquée: 7 Jui 2023
Lieu: Pologne
Entreprises
Daeshin Construction - Employer , VFG International - RecruiterConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: Chiffre inconnu
Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( Chiffre inconnu - Philippines , Construction , Gender not reported )Enjeux
Frais de recrutement , Poverty WagesRéponse
Réponse demandée : Oui, par The Resource Centre
Affaire contenant la réponse: (En savoir plus)
Mesures prises: Neither company responded to request for comment.
Type de source: News outlet
Résumé
Date indiquée: 7 Jui 2023
Lieu: Belgique
Entreprises
BASF - EmployerConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: 58
Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( 58 - Philippines , Industries : Généralités , Gender not reported )Enjeux
Failing to renew visasRéponse
Réponse demandée : Oui, par The Resource Centre
Affaire contenant la réponse: (En savoir plus)
Mesures prises: BASF responded to the Resource Centre's request for comment.
Type de source: News outlet
In July 2022, Belgian police discovered 174 illegally employed workers at a factory owned by Borealis, an Austrian multinational and chemical manufacturer. Most of the workers were Turkish and Bangladeshi, 65 were Filipino…
…the Filipinos were severely underpaid, earning €8.50 (P512) an hour…
… The company denies any wrongdoing and blames the Italian manpower agency and subcontractor IREM group…
…the Filipinos were recruited to work in Belgium by IREM and another subcontractor, Raj Bhar Engineering…
…The workers, owed months of back-pay for the legally-mandated wages of around €8500 (P517,556), are at risk of being forgotten…
When asked who his previous employers were, he pointed to the printed logo on the jacket – it said Daeshin Construction plant…
A mere US$2.7 (P149) an hour on 10-hour shifts was not the income he hoped for, especially after paying an P80,000 placement fee to recruitment agency VFG International…
Many of the workers were recruited through Raj Bhar Engineering…On its website, the company lists IREM SPA and two other IREM group subsidiaries as partners.
The Filipino and Bangladeshi workers point to the IREM group as the main culprit…
A month after the Borealis scandal…police discovered 58 Filipino workers illegally employed by German chemical producer BASF…