Even today there is slave labor in Brazil, The nightmare of many immigrants coming into the country to escape the miséria.Costureiras Bolivian undocumented in Brazil. On the day that Brazil celebrates 125 years of the abolition of slavery, experts interviewed by BBC Brazil argue that in the current scenario of the fight against slavery in the country, the situation that emerges as the most worrying is the foreigners who come to Brazil in search an eldorado opportunities. The growing demand for manpower in the country, resulting from the economic expansion in the last decade has exposed immigrants of various nationalities working conditions analogous to slavery - debt bondage, exhausting journeys, forced labor and degrading working conditions. According to Renato Bignami, program coordinator for the Eradication of Slave Labor Regional Superintendent of Labor and Employment, Ministry of Labour and Employment (MTE) in São Paulo, the number of foreigners rescued in the state is increasing. He says that since 2010, when they began operations against slave labor used exclusively for foreigners, 128 Bolivians and one Peruvian were rescued in the state of São Paulo, which has the largest contingent of foreign workers in the country. All of them were found in sewing workshops illegal contractors hired by clothing by well known brands such as Zara, Cori, Emme and Luigi Bertolli. "The number of rescued is growing because of two factors: firstly increased interest from foreigners in Brazil, which often come irregularly and engage in degrading working conditions. On the other, the intensified inspections. Soon, the trend is finding increasingly varied nationalities of foreign victims of this crime, "said the auditor-fiscal. He estimates that 300,000 Bolivians, Paraguayans 70,000 and 45,000 Peruvians are living in metropolitan São Paulo, the most subject to working conditions analogous to slavery. In addition to the 128 Bolivian and Peruvian rescued in São Paulo, about 80 Paraguayans were released from two farms in Paraná in two operations since October last year, according to the NGO Reporter Brazil, investigating the subject for over a decade. But the South American migrants are not the only victims of contemporary slavery in Brazil. Last month, a Chinese man was rescued from a bakery in Rio de Janeiro. Police said he suffered beatings and was subjected to humiliating working conditions. In December 2010, an operation of the Ministry of Labor freed four Chinese who were exploited in a timber in the Manaus Free Zone. Since last week, the supervision of the MTE in São Paulo is investigating the first time allegations of exploitation of Haitians in sewing workshops. Once rescued and individual claims that can reach up to 30 thousand dollars, the immigrant gets a visa to stay in Brazil and working papers, having the option to look for a job in the formal market. Officials note, however, that most of these workers prefer to return home. "For the few that are here, we provide support, offering Portuguese classes and vocational courses to help integrate
Posted on: Sat, 13 Jul 2013 18:13:08 +0000
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