Kim Tran, a local Vietnamese woman who is trying to help the workers, describes their plight.
“This is worse than for an animal,” she said. “They don’t have a drink. They don’t have anything for the human being. This is the worst. I never seen people live like this in Vietnam.”
Local social service agencies heard about the workers, and Major Michael Ramsay of the local Salvation Army brought in some help.
“The situation was absolutely a deplorable out there and the Salvation Army whenever we see somebody in need, food, shelter, clothing and safety are services that we provide, and it was certainly a situation where those services were needed,” he said.
San Group’s Technical Manager Raz Hanif says he knows nothing about how the workers came here, blaming an immigration consultant who arranged the transfer.
“There was another guy, Don who is the subcontractor, we deal with him, but I don’t know where the main contract is, like how much they get paid and all the stuff,” he said. “I don’t look after that but there was no deal with them that we provide accomodation and stuff like that.”
On Saturday, Ramsay brought in the Salvation Army’s ‘Human Trafficking Unit’ to Port Alberni to move the men to safe accomodations.
Local MP Gord Johns has also been involved and has alerted Canada’s Immigration Minister and is demanding federal assistance.
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