The U.S. government has released an annual report summarizing the actual situation of human trafficking in the world, and China's evaluation that forced labor is being carried out due to infrastructure development accompanying the huge economic zone concept "One Belt, One Road" promoted by China. Was the lowest rank.
On the 19th, the US State Department released an annual report summarizing the actual conditions of 188 countries and regions around the world regarding human trafficking such as forced labor and prostitution.
Among them, regarding China, "At some construction sites of" Belt and Road, "Chinese and local people were forced to seize wages, and freedom of movement and communication was restricted. He criticizes that forced labor is being carried out in the infrastructure development accompanying the "One Belt, One Road" initiative, which is a huge economic zone promoted by China all over the world.
Furthermore, in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, a large number of people were arbitrarily detained, and forced labor was widely practiced, so China's evaluation was ranked as the lowest rank for six consecutive years out of four stages.
The report also pointed out that Russia, which continues its military invasion of Ukraine, "is putting a large number of refugees from Ukraine at risk of trafficking," and ranked it at the lowest rank.
On the other hand, regarding Japan, he said that foreign technical intern trainees were forced to work, and criticized that the government did not pursue the responsibility of the intermediaries and employers involved, last year. Same as, deferred to the second rank from the top.