Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1992, published 79th ILC session (1992)

Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29) - Aruba

Article 25 of the Convention. The Committee notes the observation by the Federation of Aruba Workers (Federacion di Trahadoran di Aruba) that apparently a recruiting agent from Colombia supplied a local hotel with workers, but that these were obliged to perform work after their eight-hour shift at the hotel for a bakery. The Federation states that due to the increased demand for workers on the island, it has observed that there are many recruiting agents operating.

The Committee requests the Government to provide information regarding these allegations and on any measures taken or envisaged to control the activities of recruiting agents and the conditions in which migrant workers are recruited and employed, so as to ensure compliance with the Convention.