Indonesian working holiday-makers say they were misled after being taken to remote farm site in NT
摘要
日期: 2024年11月20日
地點: 澳洲
企業
Meta (formerly Facebook) - Other Value Chain Entity其他
Not Reported ( 農業和畜牧 ) - Employer , Not Reported ( 職業介紹所 ) - Recruiter受影響的
受影響的總人數: 數字未知
移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 印尼 , 農業和畜牧 , Men , Documented migrants ) , 移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 印尼 , 農業和畜牧 , Women , Documented migrants )議題
Internet Access , 剝奪言論自由 , Contract Substitution , Wage Theft , 恐嚇和威脅 , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , 水的獲取 , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy回應
已邀請回應:是,由Journalist
載有回應的故事: (查看更多)
後續行動: The workers managed to leave the farm after walking away until their phones found reception. ABC attempted to contact both the employment agent and the owner of the farm, but did not receive a response from either. The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited Meta to respond to the article; Meta responded to the Resource Centre.
資訊來源: News outlet
Dimas and Bella had plans to earn some money and travel Australia when they arrived for their working holiday.
They left behind jobs in Indonesia's banking industry and flew to Darwin, with work lined up picking and packing cucumbers at a farm.
But from the moment they were collected at the airport, Bella said something felt off.
As they drove for hours to the property where they would be working, they found themselves virtually cut off from the outside world.
"It was night-time, we couldn't buy internet, we couldn't buy a [SIM] card, lots of different things we couldn't do, we could only hotspot off the person who came to pick us up," Dimas told the ABC…
After being inspired by these influencers, Dimas and Bella saw an ad on Facebook asking for people to pick grapes and decided to contact the employment agent.
The agent told them they would be doing relatively easy work, with decent pay and accommodation.
However, they said almost none of it turned out to be true…
The ABC attempted to contact both the employment agent and the owner of the farm, but did not receive a response from either…