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Labour Party Conference 2025: Bringing migrant workers to the table
For the third year in a row, we attended the Labour Party Conference where we met a government more concerned with appearing tough on migration than engaging with the reality of migration and migrants’ experiences.
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Déjà vu? The risks of migrant worker exploitation in construction
Our analysis finds that migrant construction workers will be put at high risk of exploitation if the existing work-sponsorship model is expanded in the sector to meet Labour's house-bulding targets.
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Migrant workers and the National Minimum Wage: Our submission to the Low Pay Commission consultation (2025)
Despite increases to National Living Wage (NLW) rates in recent years, migrant workers arriving in the UK continue to be excluded from the benefit of minimum wage rates - here's why.
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Skilled Worker visa route comes under scrutiny for migrant worker exploitation
During a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) meeting, Home Office civil servants acknowledged that the Skilled Worker Visa route has been marred by exploitation, but indicated no intention to move away from sponsorship.
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Set on reducing net migration at all costs, the immigration White Paper is a confused document that is soft on addressing exploitation
The government's flagship immigration policies rely on the assumption that it can safeguard against exploitation by reducing net migration. Not only is this unlikely to have the stated effect on exploitation, it may in fact exacerbate it.
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