‘He had no idea he was being sent to a war zone’: the Indian and Nepali men on frontlines in Ukraine
Özet
Date Reported: 7 Mar 2024
Lokasyon: Rusya
Şirketler
YouTube (part of Alphabet) - Other Value Chain Entity , Alphabet - Parent CompanyEtkilenenler
Total individuals affected: 1
Göçmen ve göçmen işçiler: ( 1 - Hindistan , Askeri/savunma , Men , Unknown migration status )Meseleler
Bilgiye erişim , Occupational Health & Safety , Contract Substitution , ÖlümlerYanıt
Response sought: Yes, by Resource Centre
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Action taken: Google did not respond to the Resource Centre.
Source type: News outlet
Özet
Date Reported: 7 Mar 2024
Lokasyon: Rusya
Diğer
Not Reported ( Teknoloji: İnternet ve sosyal medya ) - Other Value Chain EntityEtkilenenler
Total individuals affected: 1
Göçmen ve göçmen işçiler: ( 1 - Nepal , Askeri/savunma , Men , Unknown migration status )Meseleler
Bilgiye erişim , Contract Substitution , Occupational Health & Safety , Retention of identity documents , Restricted mobility , YaralanmalarYanıt
Response sought: Yes, by Resource Centre
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Action taken: Google did not respond.
Source type: News outlet
Özet
Date Reported: 7 Mar 2024
Lokasyon: Rusya
Şirketler
YouTube (part of Alphabet) - Other Value Chain Entity , Alphabet - Parent CompanyDiğer
Not Reported ( İşe alım ajansları ) - RecruiterEtkilenenler
Total individuals affected: 1
Göçmen ve göçmen işçiler: ( Sayı bilinmiyor - Hindistan , Askeri/savunma , Men , Unknown migration status )Meseleler
Contract Substitution , Bilgiye erişim , Yaralanmalar , Occupational Health & Safety , Restricted mobility , İşe Alım ÜcretleriYanıt
Response sought: Yes, by Resource Centre
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Action taken: Google did not respond.
Source type: News outlet
… Lured by a recruitment video he had seen on YouTube, the 23-year-old had thought he was going for a secure security job far from the war in Ukraine. But…he was instead sent to a month-long military training camp and then taken to the frontlines, where he was made to dig trenches, carry ammunition and operate rifles and machine guns…
The call that came days later shattered his father’s heart: Mangukiya had died in a missile strike somewhere in Ukraine…
…paying an agent he met through YouTube 300,000 rupees (£3,000) as an advance on his pay. But instead, his family says, he was sent on to a military training camp in Russia paying an agent he met through YouTube 300,000 rupees (£3,000) as an advance on his pay. But instead, his family says, he was sent on to a military training camp in Russia…
… several cited a YouTube channel, Baba Vlogs, which is run by Faisal Khan – an Indian recruiter operating out of Dubai – as the platform that had duped them…
Khan told the Guardian that he had sent 26 Indians to Russia before claiming he realised that he had been “misled” by a Russian intermediary about the nature of the job…