In Search of Decent Work. Migrant Worker's Rights

Studies prepared by the ILO and global unions suggest that migrant workers are vulnerable to abuses in the form of low wages, poor working conditions, a virtual absence of social protection, discrimination, xenophobia, social exclusion and a denial of their rights as workers and of the right to freedom of association. Used as a source of cheap labour, migrant workers' problems, sacrifices and contributions to the economies of both the host countries and their countries of origin are too often un