Part 1: How Filipinos landed in Belgium’s biggest trafficking scandal
Resumo
Data informada: 7 Jun 2023
Localização: Bélgica
Empresas
Raj Bhar Engineering - Employer , Borealis (joint venture Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) of Abu Dhabi & OMV). - Other Value Chain Entity , IREM - EmployerAfetados
Total de pessoas afetadas: 174
Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( Número desconhecido - Bangladesh , Manufatura: geral , Gender not reported , Undocumented migrants ) , Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( Número desconhecido - Filipinas , Manufatura: geral , Gender not reported , Undocumented migrants ) , Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( Número desconhecido - Turquia , Manufatura: geral , Gender not reported , Undocumented migrants )Temas
Privação da liberdade de ir e vir , Roubo de salários , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Substituição de contratos , Tráfico de pessoas , Discriminação por Estado CivilResposta
Resposta solicitada: Sim, por The Resource Centre
História contendo resposta (Saiba mais)
Medidas tomadas: 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 fonte: News outlet
Resumo
Data informada: 7 Jun 2023
Localização: Polónia
Empresas
VFG International - Recruiter , Daeshin Construction - EmployerAfetados
Total de pessoas afetadas: Número desconhecido
Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( Número desconhecido - Filipinas , Construção Civil , Men , Unknown migration status )Temas
Taxas de Recrutamento , Salário abaixo da linha da pobrezaResposta
Resposta solicitada: Sim, por The Resource Centre
História contendo resposta (Saiba mais)
Medidas tomadas: Neither company responded to request for comment.
Tipo de fonte: News outlet
Resumo
Data informada: 7 Jun 2023
Localização: Bélgica
Empresas
BASF - EmployerAfetados
Total de pessoas afetadas: 58
Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( 58 - Filipinas , Manufatura: geral , Gender not reported , Undocumented migrants )Temas
Não renovação de vistosResposta
Resposta solicitada: Sim, por The Resource Centre
História contendo resposta (Saiba mais)
Medidas tomadas: BASF responded to the Resource Centre's request for comment.
Tipo de fonte: 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…