New Xinjiang Police Files evidence shows that Uyghurs were sent from re-education camps directly to vocational institutions that organized job fairs with Volkswagen & advertised degrees with Volkswagen as a typical work destination, Adrian Zenz, Director & Senior Fellow in China Studies at Victims of Communism, writes on X.
One victim: the Uyghur Adiljan Hashim
Police records show that Adiljan Hashim was detained in October 2017 and then placed in the Xinjiang Light Industry Technical College (ę°ēč½»å·„čäøęęÆå¦é¢) in January 2018. This “release” was highly controlled and based on pre-agreed conditions (ę äæéę¾äŗŗå).
The Xinjiang Light Industry Technical College offers majors in fields such as automobile manufacturing (ę±½č½¦å¶é ). The college lists examples of cooperation with companies on its website, including FAW-Volkswagen Xinjiang, and advertises Volkswagen as a graduate employer.
Other police files show the detention of tertiary students at other institutions like the Xinjiang Vocational University. Ekpar Ablet, a student there, was detained in July 2017 and placed in a camp. This institution also offers automobile-related degrees.
Other documents like the Karakax List show that several detainees were released into state-directed vocational skills education, which they are not at liberty to choose.
The ramification is that re-educated and coerced Uyghurs can likely end up working for larger companies such as FAW-Volkswagen in Xinjiang. This risk cannot be ascertained through audits, since Uyghurs are not free to speak about camp/re-education experiences or about other coercive and repressive state measures in their lives.
