S. Korea: Migrants filling labour shortages amid 'demographic crises' experience abuse upon arrival incl. in agri-food supply chains & manufacturing
摘要
日期: 2024年3月4日
地點: 南韓
其他
Not Reported ( 伐木和木材 ) - Employer受影響的
受影響的總人數: 1
移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 孟加拉 , 伐木和木材 , Men , Unknown migration status )議題
Occupational Health & Safety , 受傷 , 藥物可及性 , 種族/民族/階層/出身歧視 , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , 恐嚇和威脅回應
Response sought: 否
資訊來源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2024年3月4日
地點: 南韓
其他
Not Reported ( 衣服和紡織品 ) - Employer受影響的
受影響的總人數: 1
移民和移民工人: ( 1 - 孟加拉 , 衣服和紡織品 , Men , Unknown migration status )議題
Wage Theft , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time回應
Response sought: 否
資訊來源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2024年3月4日
地點: 南韓
其他
Not Reported ( 農業和畜牧 ) - Employer受影響的
受影響的總人數: 1
移民和移民工人: ( 1 - 尼泊爾 , 農業和畜牧 , Men , Unknown migration status )議題
Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Contract Substitution回應
Response sought: 否
資訊來源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2024年3月4日
地點: 南韓
其他
Not Reported ( 金屬和鋼鐵 ) - Employer受影響的
受影響的總人數: 1
移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 孟加拉 , 金屬和鋼鐵 , Men , Unknown migration status )議題
Occupational Health & Safety , 受傷 , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , 訊息獲取回應
Response sought: 否
資訊來源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2024年3月4日
地點: 南韓
其他
Not Reported ( 塑膠 ) - Employer受影響的
受影響的總人數: 1
移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 地點未知 , 製造業：綜合 , Men , Unknown migration status )議題
Fair & Equal Wages , 種族/民族/階層/出身歧視回應
Response sought: 否
資訊來源: News outlet
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“South Korea Needs Foreign Workers, but Often Fails to Protect Them”
…the nation is more dependent than ever before on an import to keep its factories and farms humming: foreign labor.
This shift is part of the fallout from a demographic crisis that has left South Korea with a shrinking and aging population. Data released this week showed that last year the country broke its own record — again — for the world’s lowest total fertility rate.
President Yoon Suk Yeol’s government has responded by more than doubling the quota for low-skilled workers from less-developed nations including Vietnam, Cambodia, Nepal, the Philippines and Bangladesh. Hundreds of thousands of them now toil in South Korea, typically in small factories, or on remote farms or fishing boats…
…foreign workers were nearly three times more likely to die in work-related accidents compared with the national average, according to a recent study…
…For nearly three years, Mr. Asis worked 12-hour shifts, six days a week, in a small textile factory for a monthly salary of about $2,350 — which he did not regularly receive.
“They have never paid me on time or in full,” he said…
Migrant workers annually report $91 million in unpaid wages, according to government data…