54 foreign workers found illegally in the Alentejo most of them are Nepalese

Farmers in Alentejo continue to resort to service providers who provide labor, work underground, this time coming from Thailand and Nepal.Numa joint action between the Foreigners and Borders Service (SEF) and the National Republican Guard ( GNR), held on 30 and 31 May, in the Alentejo, were found in a blueberry farm in another cattle and an orchard of oranges 25 undeclared workers and 29 in situation of illegal transfer of hand labor.


In the first intervention performed on a blueberry farm, the Authority for Working Conditions (ACT) states, in a statement, that labor inspectors identified 137 workers, of whom 29 were Thais and 118 Nepalis, referred to as being "service two service providers. " With regard to Thai workers it was found that they were "all in a situation of illegal transfer of hand labor", as the temporary employment agency providing the service "did not have their license."

The exploitation of livestock, which employed seven people of various nationalities, it was found that "four were in undeclared situation." In the intervention that the supervisory authorities carried out to an orchard, where they worked 21 workers of Romanian nationality, inspectors found that they were "all in undeclared situation."

Following these actions were raised records of proceedings and requested the necessary documentation to clarify certain situations. They were also inspected contributions to Social Security.The ACT notes that this type of action is part of " a priority objective " of this body "is the fight against undeclared work and the promotion of legality and good practice in labor relations " in all business sectors . In this context, points out that it has developed " several information and awareness campaigns " in order to " prevent undeclared work " . It also said to have launched recently , the National Campaign for Safety and Health for temporary workers to "fight " situations " irregular and illegal " in various sectors, especially the agricultural sector , which continues to be permissive with respect to use of hand labor illegal .

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