'No rest': Indonesians overworked and abused on foreign fishing vessels

Indonesian migrant fishers lured by big pay but caught in modern slavery

Abuse and mismanagement are ‘systemic’ across the Chinese distant-water fishing fleet operating off West Africa, an NGO says.

'No rest': Indonesians overworked and abused on foreign fishing vessels

Indonesia is one of the top contributors of labour for the global fishing industry with several hundred thousand migrant workers, according to government figures. Many are recruited online and assigned to foreign-flagged ships without being properly informed about their rights, leaving them vulnerable to abuse, experts say. Akhmad, 25, who left Cirebon on Indonesia's Java island in 2022, told AFP he would get as little as four hours of rest a da…

Amid banned practices: 'No rest': Indonesians overworked and abused on foreign fishing vessels