World Report 2011 - Human Rights Watch

WORLD REPORT 2011“HELLISH WORK”EXPLOITATION OF MIGRANT TOBACCO WORKERSIN KAZAKHSTANby Moises Saman/Magnum PhotosEvery year, tens of thousands of migrant workers from Kyrgyzstan travel to theCentral Asian economic powerhouse of Kazakhstan in search of employment.Thousands of these migrant workers, often together with their children, find work intobacco farming, where many are subjected to abuse and exploitation by employerssupplying tobacco to Philip Morris Kazakhstan, a subsidiary of Philip MorrisInternational, one of the world’s largest tobacco companies.64