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
地点: 韩国
其他
Not Reported ( 伐木和木材 ) - Employer受影响的
受影响的总人数: 1
外劳和移民工人: ( 数字未知 - 孟加拉国 , 伐木和木材 , Men , Unknown migration status )议题
Occupational Health & Safety , 受伤 , 药物可及性 , 种族/民族/阶层/出身歧视 , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , 恐吓和威胁回应
Response sought: 否
信息来源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2024年3月4日
地点: 韩国
其他
Not Reported ( 衣服和纺织品 ) - Employer受影响的
受影响的总人数: 1
外劳和移民工人: ( 1 - 孟加拉国 , 衣服和纺织品 , Men , Unknown migration status )议题
Wage Theft , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time回应
Response sought: 否
信息来源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2024年3月4日
地点: 韩国
其他
Not Reported ( 农业和畜牧 ) - Employer受影响的
受影响的总人数: 1
外劳和移民工人: ( 1 - 尼珀尔 , 农业和畜牧 , Men , Unknown migration status )议题
Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Contract Substitution回应
Response sought: 否
信息来源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2024年3月4日
地点: 韩国
其他
Not Reported ( 金属和钢铁 ) - Employer受影响的
受影响的总人数: 1
外劳和移民工人: ( 数字未知 - 孟加拉国 , 金属和钢铁 , Men , Unknown migration status )议题
Occupational Health & Safety , 受伤 , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , 信息获取回应
Response sought: 否
信息来源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2024年3月4日
地点: 韩国
其他
Not Reported ( 塑料 ) - Employer受影响的
受影响的总人数: 1
外劳和移民工人: ( 数字未知 - 地点未知 , 制造业:综合 , Men , Unknown migration status )议题
Fair & Equal Wages , 种族/民族/阶层/出身歧视回应
Response sought: 否
信息来源: News outlet
“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…