UK: Nepali and Indonesian farmworkers are allegedly becoming trapped in debt bondage after paying high recruitment fees
摘要
日期: 2023年7月14日
地點: 英國
其他
Not Reported ( 職業介紹所 ) - Recruiter , 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 , Gender not reported )議題
招聘費用 , Irregular Work , Debt Bondage回應
Response sought: 否
後續行動: None reported.
資訊來源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2023年7月14日
地點: 英國
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: 1
移民和移民工人: ( 1 - 尼泊爾 , 農業和畜牧 , Gender not reported )議題
招聘費用 , Debt Bondage回應
Response sought: 否
後續行動: None reported.
資訊來源: News outlet
“Migrant farm workers in UK trapped by recruitment debt bondage”
…British farms stopped hiring Nepali and Indonesian workers in January after reports that many had paid excessive recruitment fees that left them in debt bondage…
…Since they would no longer be able to come back to Britain as seasonal workers again, more overstayed their visas and found informal jobs…
…Focus on Labour Exploitation (FLEX) said migrant workers were often duped into paying illegal recruitment fees to local brokers…
Bahadur said he applied for asylum when his seasonal worker visa expired…
A handful of licensed recruiters - known as scheme operators - turned to Asia to plug the labour shortage…
"There's very little transparency around what's really happening. The government adopts a very hands-off approach to regulating it," said Marilyn Croser, a researcher at labour rights group, FairSquare…
…the Home Office and the National Farmers' Union, which represents more than 46,000 British farms, declined to comment on illegal recruitment fees, but both said they took workers' welfare seriously…
…Newly licensed Regency Recruitment, which has hired Bangladeshi workers, said it was working with an anti-slavery charity to reduce risks at the recruitment stage…