Part 1: How Filipinos landed in Belgium’s biggest trafficking scandal
摘要
日期: 2023年6月7日
地点: 比利时
企业
Raj Bhar Engineering - Employer , Borealis (joint venture Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) of Abu Dhabi & OMV). - Other Value Chain Entity , IREM - Employer受影响的
受影响的总人数: 174
外劳和移民工人: ( 数字未知 - 孟加拉国 , 制造业：综合 , Gender not reported , Undocumented migrants ) , 外劳和移民工人: ( 数字未知 - 菲律宾 , 制造业：综合 , Gender not reported , Undocumented migrants ) , 外劳和移民工人: ( 数字未知 - 土耳其 , 制造业：综合 , Gender not reported , Undocumented migrants )议题
剥夺迁徙自由 , Wage Theft , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Contract Substitution , 人口贩运 , 婚姻状况歧视回应
已邀请回应：是，由The Resource Centre
载有回应的故事： (查看更多)
后续行动: 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.
信息来源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2023年6月7日
地点: 波兰
企业
VFG International - Recruiter , Daeshin Construction - Employer受影响的
受影响的总人数: 数字未知
外劳和移民工人: ( 数字未知 - 菲律宾 , 建筑 , Men , Unknown migration status )议题
招聘费 , Poverty Wages回应
已邀请回应：是，由The Resource Centre
载有回应的故事： (查看更多)
后续行动: Neither company responded to request for comment.
信息来源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2023年6月7日
地点: 比利时
企业
BASF - Employer受影响的
受影响的总人数: 58
外劳和移民工人: ( 58 - 菲律宾 , 制造业：综合 , Gender not reported , Undocumented migrants )议题
Failing to renew visas回应
已邀请回应：是，由The Resource Centre
载有回应的故事： (查看更多)
后续行动: BASF responded to the Resource Centre's request for comment.
信息来源: 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…