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Indian rural migrant workers in Pontine, Italy. (Photo: Marco Omizzolo)

How law encourages exploitation of migrant workers

The EU's working population is both aging and shrinking and the labour market is experiencing shortages in numerous sectors. This stark reality has however not led to an enhanced appreciation of the work done by short-term workers from third countries, and the European Commission itself has stated that they are (still) not sufficiently protected from exploitation.

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Zane Rasnača (ETUI Senior Researcher) and Vladimir Bogoeski (assistant professor in European Private Law at the University of Amsterdam).

Indian rural migrant workers in Pontine, Italy. (Photo: Marco Omizzolo)

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Zane Rasnača (ETUI Senior Researcher) and Vladimir Bogoeski (assistant professor in European Private Law at the University of Amsterdam).

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