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2 results foundAuthor: Butter, Tamara Title: Exploitative Labour Relations and Legal Consciousness of Irregular Migrant Workers in the Netherlands Summary: Because of their precarious position in the Netherlands, irregular migrants are potential victims of trafficking. The issue of trafficking in human beings is gaining more attention in the Netherlands, initially mainly in connection with prostitution but now increasingly also with regard to other forms of exploitation. Given the relevance of combating human trafficking of irregular migrants, IOM The Hague asked the University of Amsterdam (UvA) to research this issue. The first part of the UvA’s exploratory research is conducted through legal desk research based on the study of international and national law, jurisprudence and literature. In addition, staff members were interviewed of the Expertise Centrum Mensenhandel en Mensensmokkel, the Dutch Labour Inspectorate the Social Intelligence and Investigation Service (SIOD), representatives of Okia Foundation and BLinN as well as three lawyers assisting irregular migrants in labour law cases. The second part of the research, dealing with the migrant perspective regarding labour rights, was based on semi-structured interviews conducted with irregular migrants (previously) working in the Netherlands themselves. The irregular migrants were contacted at the consultation hours of the IOM. Moreover, migrants held in aliens detention centres were contacted. This exploratory research demonstrates that combating exploitative labour relations through a rights-based approach in the Netherlands is a complex undertaking, for which both institutional reforms at the (sub-)state level, as well as individual understanding and willingness to enforce labour rights for irregular migrant workers are necessary conditions. The rights-based approach can only be a viable alternative when the institutional steps to which the Dutch government is legally obliged are taken, resulting in more protection and awareness-raising among irregular migrants. However, even if these measures are taken, it remains doubtful whether irregular migrants will be willing to actually enforce their rights. From our empirical research it appears that a vast majority is currently not willing to take such steps for various reasons. Although many of these reasons relate to the existence of a parallel society without de facto labour rights – which could be changed through State action – the fact that they are just glad to have a job, are grateful for that and do not want to damage their contacts proved to be decisive in not claiming rights. Nevertheless, the creation of more awareness of rights and enforcement possibilities would be a first step towards dissolving the parallel society which is a necessary requirement for abolishing exploitative labour relations in the Netherlands. Details: Amsterdam: University of Amsterdam, 2011. 63p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed May 10, 2011 at: http://www.iom-nederland.nl/english/Configuratie/Homepage/About_IOM/IOM_in_the_Netherlands/Publications/Reports/Exploitative_Labour_Relations_and_Legal_Consciousness_of_Irregular_Migrant_Workers_in_the_Netherlands Year: 2011 Country: Netherlands URL: http://www.iom-nederland.nl/english/Configuratie/Homepage/About_IOM/IOM_in_the_Netherlands/Publications/Reports/Exploitative_Labour_Relations_and_Legal_Consciousness_of_Irregular_Migrant_Workers_in_the_Netherlands Shelf Number: 121697 Keywords: Forced LabourHuman Trafficking (Netherlands)Illegal ImmigrantsMigrants |
Author: Netherlands. National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Human Beings Title: Human Trafficking: Ten Years of Independent Monitoring Summary: This report marks the tenth anniversary of the establishment of the post of National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Human Beings as an independent monitoring mechanism of the Netherlands’ efforts to combat human trafficking. It also marks ten years of making recommendations, 200 in all. Many of those recommendations have been acted upon, the importance of some has receded and others have been regularly repeated. This report outlines the progress made in efforts to tackle human trafficking in the Netherlands over the last ten years in light of those recommendations. This report contains no new recommendations. Nevertheless, the contents clearly illustrate the aspects of the fight against human trafficking that still give cause for concern and demand vigilance. New developments are highlighted that might present a different kind of challenge in the efforts to combat human trafficking. Political and public attention for the subject of human trafficking has grown in the last ten years. Tackling human trafficking is a priority for the police and the public prosecution service. The growing public and political awareness of human trafficking has also increased the abhorrence of this abject form of crime. The political outrage is reflected in the decision to raise the maximum sentences for this serious offence with effect from 1 July 2009. At the same time, the statistics show that the number of criminal cases registered by the district offices of the public prosecution service has fluctuated over the years and that in 2009 the figure was lower than in 2000. The statistics also show that the proportion of custodial sentences of less than one year is increasing, while prison sentences of more than four years are declining, both in first instance and on appeal. Any self-respecting society should do everything in its power to ensure that the five Ps, prevention, protection, prosecution, punishment and partnership, which together form the cornerstone of efforts to combat human trafficking, are a constant and integral facet of anti-trafficking policies and their implementation in practice. That was also the message conveyed by the European Court of Human Rights in its judgment in the case of Rantsev versus Cyprus and Russia. Effective progress depends on cooperation between the various actors responsible for implementing the 5P paradigm. Enormous efforts have also been made in this respect in recent years. But cooperation in the anti-trafficking chain is not in itself a magic formula. Success demands a constant willingness on the part of every actor to help find solutions for those elements of the paradigm that are not necessarily their own direct responsibility. Human trafficking is a worldwide problem. Although roughly a quarter of the registered victims in the last ten years were Dutch, the majority are still people who have fled from poverty in their own country in search of a more dignified existence, only to end up being exploited in the sex industry or in other sectors. Their experience is vividly illustrated by ‘Journey’, an exhibition that BNRM is bringing to the Netherlands to mark its tenth anniversary. The exhibition tells the story of a young East European girl who was trafficked for the purpose of exploitation in prostitution in the United Kingdom. The exhibition makes a deep impression and provides inspiration for continuing the fight against human trafficking. For the last ten years the Rapporteur has held a mirror up to the agencies engaged in the fight against human trafficking in the Netherlands. They have looked in that mirror. Details: The Hague: BNRM, 2010. 237p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed October 26, 2011 at: www.bnrm.nl Year: 2010 Country: Netherlands URL: Shelf Number: 123154 Keywords: Child ProstitutionHuman Trafficking (Netherlands)ProstitutionSex TraffickingSexual Exploitation |