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Greenpeace on ASEAN’s historic declaration on migrant fishers protection
The declaration is considered a milestone especially for developing countries in Southeast Asia like Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines which are considered the world’s biggest “supplier” of migrant fishers as ship crew to the global fishing industry. This victory is not only for migrant workers rights activists, but also for all Southeast Asian migrant fishers.
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The journey towards migrant workers’ protection in Southeast Asia
Efforts to protect migrant fishing workers is much like climbing in the Himalayas. Very high. Very tough. Very distant.
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International Women’s Day: Greenpeace joins fishers demanding women’s rights and access to sea
In time for International Women's Day, Greenpeace and allies call for communities to have preferential access to coastal areas, that they should co-manage these, and that women workers’ active contribution to this process must be guaranteed.
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How trustworthy are seafood brands…really?
For groups that have spent years monitoring and documenting human rights abuses in the seafood supply chain, it comes as no surprise that despite the claims and promises from seafood brands meant to instill consumer trust and confidence, that is not always the case.
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“Don’t get trapped”: One worker’s warning about what really happens in the fishing industry
A fisher shares his story of forced labour in the high seas and how he's fighting back to help protect the rights of migrant workers in the industry.
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Nine people indicted for abusing crew members on Taiwan owned fishing vessel – Greenpeace response
The high seas fishing industry uses cost-cutting and illegal fishing tactics, forced labor, and other human rights abuses to stay profitable. This indictment on the nine people who worked on the Da Wang is indicative of a wider problem.
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24 civil organizations call on ASEAN to better protect migrant fishers’ rights
Jakarta, Indonesia, 28 September 2021— Key human rights, migrant worker, and crime government agencies are failing to protect and meet the needs of Southeast Asian migrant fishers working on-board distant…
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Ratifying and Implementing ILO Convention 188 in ASEAN Member States: Briefing Paper
There is rapidly growing concern over acts of forced labour and human trafficking in the fishing industry on a global scale.
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Organizations urge U.S. to block imports from Taiwanese seafood giant over forced labor concerns
FCF, which last year acquired major US tuna brand Bumble Bee Seafoods, has previously been accused of poor supply chain management with forced labor, human trafficking, IUU (illegal, unreported, and unregulated) fishing, and illegal shark finning via its vessels, as well as potential links to the deaths of a fishery observer and an Indonesian migrant…
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US government block fishing vessel on suspicion of forced labor – Greenpeace Southeast Asia response
“To ensure the rights and life of fishing crews are protected, we need flag states to uphold international standards and perform proper oversight and safety of their ships so decent work at sea can be achieved."