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dreadfull
dreadfull
I see in this weeks resident that raids have been carried on against chinese rest in portugal...standards it seems are not what they should be.
but it seems after the death of the chinese cocklers in uk, people are so desperate they will do, it seems anything to survive.
this is from the spanish SUR paper this week.
General News
Slaving over the sewing machine
Police discover a Chinese sweatshop in Ciudad Jardín, Malaga, where five immigrants worked around the clock in conditions bordering on slavery
The work of five Chinese immigrants was interrupted when police entered their workshop. Despite orders to stand against the wall to be identified, one of them, Cheng, kept rushing back to his sewing machine. He was on a month’s trial without pay and nothing was going to ruin his chances of staying. Little did he realise that the illegal workshop he spent almost 24 hours a day in would be closed and he would be arrested and put on the repatriation list.
The sweatshop in question was managed by a Chinese couple in the Ciudad Jardín area of Malaga where the five workers had the job of embroidering designs on items of clothing. The workers slept on the premises, in tiny rooms in which there was barely space for a bed and a bedside table. They shared a makeshift shower, made up of a shower tray and a hosepipe, a sink and a single burner for cooking on.
The workshop had no natural light as all the windows had been shuttered and boarded so that the neighbours could not see what was going on inside. “There was no ventilation, despite the heat from the sewing machines”, explained one of the officers.
However what surprised the officers more was the wiring. “Cables hung from the ceiling, just centimetres from the piles of clothes. If there had been a short circuit the tragedy would have been much worse”, pointed out one of them.
The workshop received the clothes on which to embroider the designs from Malaga firms. However four local businessmen interviewed by police claimed that they had sent clothes to the workshop but these had never been returned.
When asked about their hours the Chinese workers said they varied depending on the work to be done. Nevertheless police vigilance outside the premises had revealed that the work never stopped. “The machines could be heard day and night”, explained one detective, who added that the workers slept very little, sometimes only three hours a night. They hardly ever left the premises, only allowing themselves quick visits to the local shop.
Detectives believe that behind this type of set-up are the Chinese mafias, who charge immigrants between 4,000 and 6,000 euros for their trip to Spain, a sum they then have to pay back in sweat. Some end up in this type of textile sweatshop while others work illegally on building sites, in Chinese restaurants, and often in the case of women as prostitutes.
but it seems after the death of the chinese cocklers in uk, people are so desperate they will do, it seems anything to survive.
this is from the spanish SUR paper this week.
General News
Slaving over the sewing machine
Police discover a Chinese sweatshop in Ciudad Jardín, Malaga, where five immigrants worked around the clock in conditions bordering on slavery
The work of five Chinese immigrants was interrupted when police entered their workshop. Despite orders to stand against the wall to be identified, one of them, Cheng, kept rushing back to his sewing machine. He was on a month’s trial without pay and nothing was going to ruin his chances of staying. Little did he realise that the illegal workshop he spent almost 24 hours a day in would be closed and he would be arrested and put on the repatriation list.
The sweatshop in question was managed by a Chinese couple in the Ciudad Jardín area of Malaga where the five workers had the job of embroidering designs on items of clothing. The workers slept on the premises, in tiny rooms in which there was barely space for a bed and a bedside table. They shared a makeshift shower, made up of a shower tray and a hosepipe, a sink and a single burner for cooking on.
The workshop had no natural light as all the windows had been shuttered and boarded so that the neighbours could not see what was going on inside. “There was no ventilation, despite the heat from the sewing machines”, explained one of the officers.
However what surprised the officers more was the wiring. “Cables hung from the ceiling, just centimetres from the piles of clothes. If there had been a short circuit the tragedy would have been much worse”, pointed out one of them.
The workshop received the clothes on which to embroider the designs from Malaga firms. However four local businessmen interviewed by police claimed that they had sent clothes to the workshop but these had never been returned.
When asked about their hours the Chinese workers said they varied depending on the work to be done. Nevertheless police vigilance outside the premises had revealed that the work never stopped. “The machines could be heard day and night”, explained one detective, who added that the workers slept very little, sometimes only three hours a night. They hardly ever left the premises, only allowing themselves quick visits to the local shop.
Detectives believe that behind this type of set-up are the Chinese mafias, who charge immigrants between 4,000 and 6,000 euros for their trip to Spain, a sum they then have to pay back in sweat. Some end up in this type of textile sweatshop while others work illegally on building sites, in Chinese restaurants, and often in the case of women as prostitutes.