Crossed Lines: migrant fisher experiences in Scotland

Crossed Lines: vulnerability to unrecognised forms of coercion and control within the Scottish fishing industry.
This short animation introduces the crossed lines of communication that occur around the arrival of Filipino migrants into the Scottish fishing industry. By presenting how fishing crew and skippers each perceive their situation, we expose their different interpretations of reality and how migrant fishers are vulnerable to forms of coercion and control that are unrecognised or dismissed as unimportant within the industry.
By giving voice to skippers and crew, we spotlight how the precarious conditions of employment (through transit visas) make crew reluctant to speak out about abuse, and how abuse becomes invisible when viewed through the lens of a difficult working environment and cultural misunderstandings.
The dialogue was collated from interviews conducted in North-East Scotland as part of the FisherCoast Research Project (devresearch.ue...)