國際特赦：韓國虐待外來農業務工者

Amnesty International says South Korea's farming industry is "rife with abuse," and has called on the country to end its widespread use of forced labor migrant agricultural workers.

A published report by AI (Bitter Harvest) documents the widespread exploitation of migrant agricultural workers in South Korea.

The report says the country's Employment Permit System, or EPS, is designed" to provide migrant labor to small and medium-sized enterprises that struggle to hire a sufficient number of national workers."

Amnesty International's migrant rights researcher, Norma Kang Muico, says South Korean authorities have created "a shameful system that allows trafficking for exploitation and forced labor to flourish." Muico says EPS is "a stain on the country."

The report, based on interviews with migrant agricultural workers across South Korea, documents a range of exploitation, including intimidation and violence, squalid accommodations, excessive working hours, no weekly rest days and unpaid overtime.國際特赦表示，韓國農業存在“普遍虐待”現象。國際特赦呼籲韓國停止大範圍使用強迫外來勞工從事農業工作。

該組織發佈的報告 - 《痛苦的收穫》- 記錄了韓國發生的普遍壓榨外來農業勞工的情況。

報告說，韓國的僱傭許可制度目的是讓僱用本國勞工有困難的中小企業能夠僱用外國勞工。

國際特赦移民勞工權益研究員穆伊科表示，韓國有關當局製造了“一個令人羞恥的制度，讓販賣勞工和壓榨外來勞工得以發展起來。” 穆伊科說：“僱傭許可制度是韓國的污點。”

這份報告是根據對韓國各地從事農業工作的外來移民勞工的採訪撰寫的。報告記錄各種壓榨外國勞工的現象，包括威脅、暴力、居住環境惡劣、加班加點、沒有休息日和加班不加薪等。