Signals about human trafficking in the vicinity of the asylum seekers’ center in Gilze are systematically not picked up. This is evident from research by the AD. Asylum seekers are wanted victims of human traffickers, who make them work for starvation wages or under duress.
Also at other reception centers for asylum seekers in the Netherlands and Belgium, according to the newspaper observations made. The 24 reports made it nationwide
coordination center against human trafficking CoMensha received last year about human trafficking from azc’s, according to director-administrator Ina Hut these are only ‘the tip of the iceberg’.
Long days for sometimes two or three euros an hour
In Gilze, asylum seekers are picked up outside the center in varying places and in varying frequency, say local residents. The asylum seekers end up in agriculture in Belgium and the Netherlands, where they work long days for sometimes two or three euros an hour.
Intermediaries ‘supply’ them to construction or cleaning companies. In addition, (former) employees of the azc are concerned about teenagers, some of whom are approached for sex (work). This has also been observed in other places, including Oisterwijk.