New report highlights systemic discrimination against migrant workers

The conditions that migrant workers have to endure in many countries in West Asia has been well documented, click here and here. A new report has highlighted how the rights of migrant workers in these countries are systematically abused. The laws that govern migrant workers routinely jeopardise workers legal status, and there by making them more vulnerable to crime gangs, greater exploitation and indefinite detention.

The conditions that migrant workers have to endure in many countries in West Asia has been well documented, click here and here. A new report has highlighted how the rights of migrant workers in these countries are systematically abused. The laws that govern migrant workers routinely jeopardise workers legal status, and there by making them more vulnerable to crime gangs, greater exploitation and indefinite detention.