After more than a hundred workers were allegedly victims of human trafficking at a construction site of OMV’s chemical subsidiary Borealis in Belgium, Borealis has temporarily extended the construction freeze in Kallo to “have enough time for research”. According to “ZiB 2”, the victims – mostly undocumented – worked for three to five euros per hour, six days a week, more than eight hours a day and lived in inhumane housing. Borealis had already been informed in May about abuses at the construction site.
At the construction site in the north of Belgium, numerous workers are said to have become victims of human trafficking. In total, about 174 people have been identified in this regard so far, according to the responsible public prosecutor’s office in Antwerp, according to the Tagesspiegel.
“Borealis condemns any kind of human rights violation. We have therefore decided to temporarily halt construction on our mega project in Kallo until all additional compliance measures are in place,” the company said on Thursday.
Borealis is investigating this case “with the highest priority” and is working closely with the Belgian authorities. Step by step, the project work is resumed.
Source: Krone
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