S. Korea: Migrants filling labour shortages amid 'demographic crises' experience abuse upon arrival incl. in agri-food supply chains & manufacturing
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Data informada: 4 Mar 2024
Localização: Coréia do Sul
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Not Reported ( Exploração madeireira/ Cortes ) - EmployerAfetados
Total de pessoas afetadas: 1
Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( Número desconhecido - Bangladesh , Exploração madeireira/ Cortes , Men , Unknown migration status )Temas
Occupational Health & Safety , Danos , Acesso a medicamentos , Discriminação Racial/ Étnica/ Origem , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Intimidação e AmeaçasResposta
Response sought: Não
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Data informada: 4 Mar 2024
Localização: Coréia do Sul
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Not Reported ( Roupa e Material Têxtil ) - EmployerAfetados
Total de pessoas afetadas: 1
Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( 1 - Bangladesh , Roupa e Material Têxtil , Men , Unknown migration status )Temas
Wage Theft , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure TimeResposta
Response sought: Não
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Data informada: 4 Mar 2024
Localização: Coréia do Sul
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Not Reported ( Agricultura e Pecuária ) - EmployerAfetados
Total de pessoas afetadas: 1
Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( 1 - Nepal , Agricultura e Pecuária , Men , Unknown migration status )Temas
Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Contract SubstitutionResposta
Response sought: Não
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Data informada: 4 Mar 2024
Localização: Coréia do Sul
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Not Reported ( Metal e Aço ) - EmployerAfetados
Total de pessoas afetadas: 1
Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( Número desconhecido - Bangladesh , Metal e Aço , Men , Unknown migration status )Temas
Occupational Health & Safety , Danos , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Acesso à InformaçãoResposta
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Data informada: 4 Mar 2024
Localização: Coréia do Sul
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Not Reported ( Plásticos ) - EmployerAfetados
Total de pessoas afetadas: 1
Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( Número desconhecido - Localização desconhecida , Manufatura: geral , Men , Unknown migration status )Temas
Fair & Equal Wages , Discriminação Racial/ Étnica/ OrigemResposta
Response sought: Não
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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…