Part 1: How Filipinos landed in Belgium’s biggest trafficking scandal
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Date Reported: 7 Июн 2023
Местонахождение: Бельгия
Компании
Borealis (joint venture Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) of Abu Dhabi & OMV). - Other Value Chain Entity , IREM - Employer , Raj Bhar Engineering - EmployerЗатронуто
Total individuals affected: 174
Мигранты и рабочие-иммигранты: ( Number unknown - Бангладеш , Производство: Вся категория , Gender not reported ) , Мигранты и рабочие-иммигранты: ( Number unknown - Турция , Производство: Вся категория , Gender not reported ) , Мигранты и рабочие-иммигранты: ( Number unknown - Филиппины , Производство: Вся категория , Gender not reported )Темы
Ограничение свободы передвижения , Wage Theft , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Contract Substitution , Торговля людьми , Дискриминация на основании семейного положенияОтвет
Response sought: Yes, by The Resource Centre
Story containing response: (Find out more)
Принятые меры: 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.
Вид источника: News outlet
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Date Reported: 7 Июн 2023
Местонахождение: Польша
Компании
Daeshin Construction - Employer , VFG International - RecruiterЗатронуто
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Мигранты и рабочие-иммигранты: ( Number unknown - Филиппины , Строительство , Gender not reported )Темы
Сборы за найм персонала , Poverty WagesОтвет
Response sought: Yes, by The Resource Centre
Story containing response: (Find out more)
Принятые меры: Neither company responded to request for comment.
Вид источника: News outlet
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Date Reported: 7 Июн 2023
Местонахождение: Бельгия
Компании
BASF - EmployerЗатронуто
Total individuals affected: 58
Мигранты и рабочие-иммигранты: ( 58 - Филиппины , Производство: Вся категория , Gender not reported )Темы
Failing to renew visasОтвет
Response sought: Yes, by The Resource Centre
Story containing response: (Find out more)
Принятые меры: BASF responded to the Resource Centre's request for comment.
Вид источника: 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…