Lawyer Dennis Gorecho discusses the migrant fishermen and the risk of ending in a fishing boat where one is treated inhumanely.
Delicious seafood in a menu might have a dark side: labor issues involving migrant fishermen that have long troubled the global fishing industry.
Out on the high seas, the journalists documented a dark undercurrent of illegal and destructive activity that has been running for decades. They are usually physically assaulted if they refuse to obey orders: they were hit, kicked, slapped across the face, and beaten with objects like ropes and metal rods.
Brokers charge exorbitant fees, with interest, often taking payment directly from the migrant fisher’s wages and creating the conditions for debt bondage. Wages are also systematically and deliberately withheld as a means to compel the migrant fisher to remain, and deny him the opportunity to change employer.
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