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Migrant campaigners call for rights, not exploitation
Criminalising vulnerable migrants who are at the mercy of unscrupulous employers is not the solution to abusive labour practices, argues DON FLYNN, of the Status Now 4 All Network
Deputy Director Immigration Enforcement Murad Mohammed (left) with Immigration enforcement officers taking part in an immigration raid in Warrenpoint in County Down, Northern Ireland. Picture date: Thursday August 10 2023

THE new Labour government has offered up at least a partial change in narratives generated around immigration. 

Ministers still see the movement of people as a problem which has to be addressed by a series of stern measures to reduce migrant numbers, but it’s now being presented as arising from a need to stamp down on exploitation.

The exploitation of migrant people is an issue of genuine concern. Many migrant jobs are concentrated in sectors associated with low pay, bad working conditions and very little job security. 

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