Part 1: How Filipinos landed in Belgium’s biggest trafficking scandal
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 7 Jun 2023
Ubicación: Bélgica
Empresas
Raj Bhar Engineering - Employer , Borealis (joint venture Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) of Abu Dhabi & OMV). - Other Value Chain Entity , IREM - EmployerAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: 174
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( Número desconocido - Bangladés , Manufactura: General , Gender not reported , Undocumented migrants ) , Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( Número desconocido - Filipinas , Manufactura: General , Gender not reported , Undocumented migrants ) , Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( Número desconocido - Turquía , Manufactura: General , Gender not reported , Undocumented migrants )Temas
Negación de la libertad de movimiento , Robo de salarios , Acceso a recursos no judiciales , Sustitución de contrato , Trata de personas , Discriminación por estado civilRespuesta
Respuesta buscada: Sí, por The Resource Centre
Historia que contiene respuesta: (Más información)
Medidas adoptadas: 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.
Tipo de fuente: News outlet
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 7 Jun 2023
Ubicación: Polonia
Empresas
VFG International - Recruiter , Daeshin Construction - EmployerAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: Número desconocido
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( Número desconocido - Filipinas , Construcción , Men , Unknown migration status )Temas
Tasas de contratación , Salarios precariosRespuesta
Respuesta buscada: Sí, por The Resource Centre
Historia que contiene respuesta: (Más información)
Medidas adoptadas: Neither company responded to request for comment.
Tipo de fuente: News outlet
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 7 Jun 2023
Ubicación: Bélgica
Empresas
BASF - EmployerAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: 58
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( 58 - Filipinas , Manufactura: General , Gender not reported , Undocumented migrants )Temas
Incumplimiento con la renovación de visasRespuesta
Respuesta buscada: Sí, por The Resource Centre
Historia que contiene respuesta: (Más información)
Medidas adoptadas: BASF responded to the Resource Centre's request for comment.
Tipo de fuente: 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…