UK: Nepali and Indonesian farmworkers are allegedly becoming trapped in debt bondage after paying high recruitment fees
요약
보고된 날짜: 2023년 7월 14일
위치: 영국
기타
Not Reported ( 중개 업소 ) - Recruiter , Not Reported ( 농업 및 가축 ) - Employer영향받은
영향받은 사람의 수: 1
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 1 - 네팔 , 농업 및 가축 , Men , Documented migrants )토픽들
직업소개수수료 , 비정규직 , 채무 보증결과
Response sought: 아니오
시행된 조치: None reported.
출처: News outlet
요약
보고된 날짜: 2023년 7월 14일
위치: 영국
기타
Not Reported ( 농업 및 가축 ) - Employer , Not Reported ( 중개 업소 ) - Recruiter영향받은
영향받은 사람의 수: 1
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 1 - 네팔 , 농업 및 가축 , Men , Documented migrants )토픽들
직업소개수수료 , 채무 보증결과
Response sought: 아니오
시행된 조치: None reported.
출처: News outlet
“Migrant farm workers in UK trapped by recruitment debt bondage”
…British farms stopped hiring Nepali and Indonesian workers in January after reports that many had paid excessive recruitment fees that left them in debt bondage…
…Since they would no longer be able to come back to Britain as seasonal workers again, more overstayed their visas and found informal jobs…
…Focus on Labour Exploitation (FLEX) said migrant workers were often duped into paying illegal recruitment fees to local brokers…
Bahadur said he applied for asylum when his seasonal worker visa expired…
A handful of licensed recruiters - known as scheme operators - turned to Asia to plug the labour shortage…
"There's very little transparency around what's really happening. The government adopts a very hands-off approach to regulating it," said Marilyn Croser, a researcher at labour rights group, FairSquare…
…the Home Office and the National Farmers' Union, which represents more than 46,000 British farms, declined to comment on illegal recruitment fees, but both said they took workers' welfare seriously…
…Newly licensed Regency Recruitment, which has hired Bangladeshi workers, said it was working with an anti-slavery charity to reduce risks at the recruitment stage…