Southern Africa needs immigrants, but it also needs cheap labor.
Therefore, when human resources companies in Southern Africa transport immigrants to Southern Africa, they also hire a large number of cheap labor from all over the world. The Filipinos on the immigration ship are sent to Southern Africa as cheap labor.
There is nothing wrong with this. When human resources companies in southern Africa import labor, they will sign formal labor contracts with individuals through official channels, which is also recognized by the US colonial government in the Philippines.
The problem lies on the immigration ship.
Human resources companies definitely treat immigrants and labor differently. The immigration ship is actually a passenger ship, and the cabins are divided into classes. The real passengers and immigrants ride in high-class cabins, and the labor force has to be crowded in crowded and dirty lower cabins.
Once inside the cabin, the environment here is very harsh. Six to eight people usually have to be squeezed into a small room with four people to a room. When there are more people, the sanitary conditions are naturally not very good, and it is normal to get sick.
The Americans discovered that a dozen Filipino workers on the immigration ship were infected with the disease, so they had an excuse to seize the immigration ship directly on the pretext that the human resources company mistreated Filipino workers.
"Tom, you can arrest the ship, but the passengers and more than 600 immigrants on the ship are innocent, and you have no right to detain them." As soon as the Americans seized the ship, Luke Silva, the Southern African ambassador to the Philippines, went directly to the Philippines
Customs Commissioner Tom Strauss asked for his release.
There were more than 600 immigrants on board, and the number of children was nearly 400. The federal government of Southern Africa and the Nyasaland state government have always attached great importance to children.
The Americans provided these immigrants with a temporary camp with simple facilities and harsh environment. Although these new immigrants had been living in the human resources company's camp for nearly a month before boarding the ship, they were adapting and recuperating before immigration, and they were getting nutrition.
I will definitely add more, but they probably still can't adapt to the environment of the temporary camp.
"No, no, no, Luke, those immigrants are witnesses to the abuse of Filipino workers by your southern African human resources company. They cannot leave the Philippines until the truth is investigated." Tom Strauss refused directly. He thought that
Seizing the weakness of southern Africa and arresting ships will not solve the problem.
"Come on, Tom, compared with your immigration company in the United States, the human resources company in Southern Africa is humane enough, and there is no abuse. Isn't it normal for some diseases to occur during ocean voyages? What's more, the ship is equipped with
Doctors and patients will also receive good care. After signing an agreement with the human resources company, they have become the property of the human resources company. For the sake of their own profits, the human resources company will not ignore those workers." Luke
·Silva is very worried. It has been rainy and rainy in Quezon in recent days. The health situation here is already very bad, and the situation in the temporary camp is definitely worse.
Southern Africa has always had very high standards for hygiene, including the camps of human resources companies, which are all implemented in accordance with the highest standards. In addition to supplementing nutrition, new immigrants must develop good hygiene habits in the camps of human resources companies.
, these conditions are certainly not available in American camps.
Tropical areas are already rife with diseases. The term "acclimate" would not have serious consequences in the 21st century, but in the early 20th century it could be fatal.
In this era, it is no exaggeration to say that a common flu can kill hundreds of thousands of people at once, with the United States and Japan being the hardest-hit areas.
"Ha, Luke, did I hear you right? What did you just say? Property? I didn't expect that you actually treat living people as assets. Is this your southern African humanity?" Tom caught Luke's words.
Loopholes ridiculed.
In fact, the United States is even more extreme than southern Africa in this regard.
It's just that some things can be done but cannot be said, and some things can be said but cannot be done. Things like assets fall within the scope of what can be done but cannot be said.
"Tom, I'm not debating with you, but trying to solve the problem. You know how much we in southern Africa attach great importance to immigration. Don't let the conflict escalate further." There was a faint threat in Luke's words, burning some construction materials and detaining the ship.
Everything is a normal operation, as long as no one is killed, anything can be said.
It's hard to tell. Although those children's nutrition has been supplemented, their physical fitness has not been truly improved, and their resistance is still relatively low.
In the event of mass deaths, relations between southern Africa and the United States will surely deteriorate further.
"No one wants to deliberately create conflicts. We are not targeting those poor immigrants. We are just asking them to stay in Quezon for a period of time to assist in the investigation." Tom insisted that southern Africa is not afraid of the United States, and the United States is not afraid of southern Africa.
Since Tom wouldn't let him go, Luke had no other solution for a while.
However, Luke asked Tom to allow southern African staff to enter the temporary camps housing migrants to assist the temporary camp managers.
"No, the management staff of the temporary camp will take good care of the new immigrants. You southern African staff cannot enter the temporary camp." Tom flatly refused. There are some conditions in the temporary camp that are really not suitable to be disclosed to the public.
"Those new immigrants are already citizens of the British Empire after they wait to board the ship. We have the right to provide protection to overseas citizens of the British Empire." Luke made a big deal. This is the benefit of southern Africa remaining in the Commonwealth.
Just talk about the British Empire.
"Come on, your southern Africa is already an independent country, don't drag London into it." Tom looked at Luke with eyes full of contempt.
There is nothing we can do about it. Americans do have the right to despise southern Africa.
I think back then, the United States was also a colony of the British Empire. Because the British taxed them too heavily, the Americans rose up to resist, and then the United States came into existence.
Southern Africa now actually has the qualifications and conditions to break away from the British Empire. However, instead of taking the initiative to break away from the British Empire, Southern Africa is trying its best to maintain the integrity of the British Empire. The concept of "Commonwealth" is the current Minister of Foreign Affairs of Southern Africa, Yang Shi
Mo Zi proposed it.
This makes Americans who always talk about "freedom, equality and democracy" really look down on southern Africa.
Especially when we see that Southern Africa remains in the Commonwealth, enjoying the interests of Commonwealth countries, and that industrial products can flow unimpeded to all Commonwealth countries.
The Commonwealth market has always been coveted by American companies.
In order to open up the Commonwealth market, some American politicians even proposed that the United States also join the Commonwealth.
There is no doubt that American politicians have no bottom line.
"Tom, I am communicating with you now as the ambassador of Southern Africa to the Philippines. Every word I say represents Southern Africa. You must carefully consider the consequences of rejecting me." Facing Tom Strauss
As time goes by, Luke Silva's patience finally ran out.
Tom said nothing and looked at Luke with fierce eyes.
Luke didn't say anything, leaning back slightly on the chair, looking at Tom without giving in.
"Okay, you can enter the temporary camp, but you can't interfere with the work of the temporary camp managers." Tom finally chose to give in. Southern Africa is not a semi-colony that can be bullied by others. There is no need for Southern Africa. If the relationship really breaks down, East Africa will
India plus British Malaya is enough for the Philippines.
What's more, there is French East Indies next to the Philippines. Once a conflict breaks out between the United States and Southern Africa, there is almost no doubt about the French position, and they will definitely stand in the same position as Southern Africa.
Regardless of the fact that there are some discords between southern Africa and France, these are normal operations. On major issues, Britain and France still have the same position.
Especially in terms of attitude towards Americans.
The temporary camp is on a hillside on the outskirts of Quezon City, next to Quezon's largest prison.
Looking from a distance, there are not many tents in the temporary camp, and they are messy and disorderly. There is no fence around the temporary camp, but there is a river surrounding the temporary camp.
There has been a lot of rain in Quezon recently. The camp is full of mud, sewage flows across the ground, and the air is filled with an unbearable smell. Luke asked the doctor who came to the temporary camp with the immigrants and found out that this person had been detained for nearly 10 years.
The temporary camp for thousands of people didn't even have a toilet.
"The situation is terrible. Each person only has one tortilla per day and soup that is clear enough to reflect the person's face. In this temporary camp, the human resources company is required to pay one dollar per person per day. The sanitary conditions here are terrible.
Unfortunately, more than a dozen children have been infected with malaria. If we don't improve it, the situation will get worse quickly. We lack enough medicine and food. The management of the temporary camps is also terrible. They took away all the immigrants' belongings.
My belongings, even my watch, were not spared.” Mike Bedic, a doctor in the temporary camp, graduated from Johannesburg Medical College. When the Americans imprisoned immigrants in temporary camps, Mike Bedic was determined to stay with the new immigrants.
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"You didn't tell them you were British?" Luke asked nonsense. Mike Bedic was white.
"Do you think Filipinos care about an Englishman? Even if Britain and the United States go to war, it can't stop Filipinos from getting rich." Mike Bedich was full of grief and anger. This is why the devil is so difficult to deal with. If it were replaced by Tom Straw
Si, you still have to take some face into account, forget about those Filipino guards, they are really stupid if they are stupid, and they are really bad if they are bad.
At this moment, a cry suddenly came from the corner of the camp, and Luke Silva and Mike Bedic rushed over immediately.
In front of a tent in the corner of the temporary camp, a Filipino was trying to drag a Chinese girl away. Two Filipino soldiers were watching happily with no intention of stopping him.