Forced labor of Indonesian crewmen persists on foreign vessels: Report

Forced labor of Indonesian crewmen persists on foreign vessels: Report
A. Muh. Ibnu Aqil June 25, 2021

Worsening forced labor practices have prompted more Indonesian migrant workers aboard foreign fishing vessels to report their conditions to authorities amid a lack of government oversight from land, a recent report has suggested.

The report, titled “Forced Labor at Sea: The Case of Indonesian Migrant Fisher”, was based on complaints received by the Indonesian Migrant Workers Union (SBMI) between September 2014 and June 2020. The union worked with environmental group Greenpeace Indonesia for the report.

The union received 338 complaints of forced labor from Indonesian crewmen aboard foreign-flagged fishing ships during the period.

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