A group of academics and migrant advocates have penned an article in The Canberra Times claiming that “everywhere we look, systematic wage theft and exploitation of migrant workers is rife”.
Research conducted by the Migrant Justice Institute in 2018 found that of the 4332 migrant workers surveyed, around three-quarters were paid less than the casual minimum wage, and yet only 9 per cent of underpaid migrants had taken action to recover their wages…
They are a product of the insecurity and inequality that has been built into the migration regime over years…
