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Vietnamese workers at Chinese factory in Serbia cry for help view | edit | list | share
Contributor's comments: Associated Press: Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021. Reports have emerged in Serbia of prison-like conditions for some 500 of them at the construction site in north of the country where China's Shandong Linglong Tire Co is building the huge factory. Populist-run Serbia is a key spot for China's expansion and investment policies in Europe and Chinese companies have kept a tight lid on their projects in the country amid reports of disrespect of the Balkan nation's anti-pollution laws and labor regulations.
They (workers) are shivering in barracks without heat, going hungry and have no money. They say their passports have been taken by their Chinese employer and that they are now stuck in a grim plainland in Serbia with no help from local authorities.