Chinese who entered the country on a tourist visa, etc., were arrested on the farmer Chinese were arrested September 11, 14:47

A Chinese 35-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of illegally passing three Chinese who entered the country on a short-term tourist visa to a farmer in Tokushima Prefecture.

The Chinese who was arrested was suspected by Liu Xiuqiao (35), a company employee in Kamiita-cho, Tokushima Prefecture.

According to the police, there are suspicions of violating the Immigration Control Act, saying that three Chinese people who entered the country on short-term tourist visas were illegally dealt with two farmers in Itano Town where there was not enough resources.

Two of the three Chinese people worked for about two weeks, and one person worked for about one year and three months, and the hourly wage was about 800 yen.

In response to the investigation, Liu has stated that "I have accepted a rough fact but introduced in good faith."

Police are investigating that they have illegally introduced several other Chinese.

Farmer who received a mediation “serious labor shortage”

A man from a farmer in Itano, Tokushima, who worked with a Chinese worker after receiving a request, responded to NHK's interview.

The man cited a serious labor shortage as to why he hired, “Because people weren't gathering even when recruiting for Hello Work, they asked their relatives and friends to work, but they didn't go on as expected. I hired three foreign technical intern trainees, but they all ran away, and when they were able to run away, it took more than half a year to hire the next person. It was a vicious circle, and since I introduced the Chinese, I couldn't say it was an easy way, but I thought I could do it like a part-time job and I was hired. "

Rapid increase in the field of agriculture Foreigners working illegally

While the labor shortage of agriculture is becoming more serious due to aging and a decrease in successors, according to the 2015 census, there are over 20,000 foreigners engaged in agriculture in the country.

Among them, Tokushima Prefecture has 339 people, including Chinese and Vietnamese.

On the other hand, the number of foreigners caught in illegal work is increasing rapidly in the field of agriculture.

According to the Ministry of Justice, it was 946 in 2014, but it was 2504 last year, increasing 2.6 times in 4 years.

“Agricultural workers” are the largest number of cases detected by industry.