S. Korea: Migrants filling labour shortages amid 'demographic crises' experience abuse upon arrival incl. in agri-food supply chains & manufacturing
Résumé
Date indiquée: 4 Mar 2024
Lieu: Corée du Sud
Autre
Not Reported ( Exploitation forestière et bois d'œuvre ) - EmployerConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: 1
Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( Chiffre inconnu - Bangladesh , Exploitation forestière et bois d'œuvre , Men , Unknown migration status )Enjeux
Santé et sécurité au travail , Blessures , Accès aux médicaments , Discrimination fondée sur la race/l'ethnie/les castes/les origines , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Intimidation et menacesRéponse
Response sought: Non
Type de source: News outlet
Résumé
Date indiquée: 4 Mar 2024
Lieu: Corée du Sud
Autre
Not Reported ( Vêtements et textile ) - EmployerConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: 1
Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( 1 - Bangladesh , Vêtements et textile , Men , Unknown migration status )Enjeux
Salaire impayé , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure TimeRéponse
Response sought: Non
Type de source: News outlet
Résumé
Date indiquée: 4 Mar 2024
Lieu: Corée du Sud
Autre
Not Reported ( Agriculture et élevage ) - EmployerConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: 1
Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( 1 - Népal , Agriculture et élevage , Men , Unknown migration status )Enjeux
Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Conditions de vie précaires/inadaptées , Substitution de contratRéponse
Response sought: Non
Type de source: News outlet
Résumé
Date indiquée: 4 Mar 2024
Lieu: Corée du Sud
Autre
Not Reported ( Métaux et acier ) - EmployerConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: 1
Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( Chiffre inconnu - Bangladesh , Métaux et acier , Men , Unknown migration status )Enjeux
Santé et sécurité au travail , Blessures , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Accès à l'informationRéponse
Response sought: Non
Type de source: News outlet
Résumé
Date indiquée: 4 Mar 2024
Lieu: Corée du Sud
Autre
Not Reported ( Plastique ) - EmployerConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: 1
Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( Chiffre inconnu - Lieu inconnu , Industries : Généralités , Men , Unknown migration status )Enjeux
Fair & Equal Wages , Discrimination fondée sur la race/l'ethnie/les castes/les originesRéponse
Response sought: Non
Type de source: News outlet
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“South Korea Needs Foreign Workers, but Often Fails to Protect Them”
…the nation is more dependent than ever before on an import to keep its factories and farms humming: foreign labor.
This shift is part of the fallout from a demographic crisis that has left South Korea with a shrinking and aging population. Data released this week showed that last year the country broke its own record — again — for the world’s lowest total fertility rate.
President Yoon Suk Yeol’s government has responded by more than doubling the quota for low-skilled workers from less-developed nations including Vietnam, Cambodia, Nepal, the Philippines and Bangladesh. Hundreds of thousands of them now toil in South Korea, typically in small factories, or on remote farms or fishing boats…
…foreign workers were nearly three times more likely to die in work-related accidents compared with the national average, according to a recent study…
…For nearly three years, Mr. Asis worked 12-hour shifts, six days a week, in a small textile factory for a monthly salary of about $2,350 — which he did not regularly receive.
“They have never paid me on time or in full,” he said…
Migrant workers annually report $91 million in unpaid wages, according to government data…