Part 1: How Filipinos landed in Belgium’s biggest trafficking scandal
摘要
日期: 2023年6月7日
地點: 比利時
企業
Raj Bhar Engineering - Employer , Borealis (joint venture Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) of Abu Dhabi & OMV). - Other Value Chain Entity , IREM - Employer受影響的
受影響的總人數: 174
移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 孟加拉 , 製造業:綜合 , Gender not reported , Undocumented migrants ) , 移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 菲律賓 , 製造業:綜合 , Gender not reported , Undocumented migrants ) , 移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 土耳其 , 製造業:綜合 , Gender not reported , Undocumented migrants )議題
剝奪遷徙自由 , Wage Theft , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Contract Substitution , 人口販賣 , 婚姻狀況歧視回應
已邀請回應:是,由The Resource Centre
載有回應的故事: (查看更多)
後續行動: 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.
資訊來源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2023年6月7日
地點: 波蘭
企業
VFG International - Recruiter , Daeshin Construction - Employer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 - 菲律賓 , 建築 , Men , Unknown migration status )議題
招聘費用 , Poverty Wages回應
已邀請回應:是,由The Resource Centre
載有回應的故事: (查看更多)
後續行動: Neither company responded to request for comment.
資訊來源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2023年6月7日
地點: 比利時
企業
BASF - Employer受影響的
受影響的總人數: 58
移民和移民工人: ( 58 - 菲律賓 , 製造業:綜合 , Gender not reported , Undocumented migrants )議題
Failing to renew visas回應
已邀請回應:是,由The Resource Centre
載有回應的故事: (查看更多)
後續行動: BASF responded to the Resource Centre's request for comment.
資訊來源: 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…