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Migrant Workers
118 published works
ImmigrationProf Blog
At the Movies: The Inivisibles
The Invisibles is a new documentary about the plight of migrant workers in Italy. (And is not to be confused with another film by the same title about Jews in…
ImmigrationProf Blog
International Organization for Migration: The Montreal Recommendations on Recruitment: A Roadmap towards Better Regulation
Migrant workers can be vulnerable to abuse and exploitation during migration and employment due to factors including unethical recruitment, migration status, fear of deportation, or the inability to find alternative…
ImmigrationProf Blog
A Migrant Model To Follow: Portugal’s Response to the Coronavirus
The United States and other countries should take a cue from Portugal in treating migrants and asylum-seekers during this COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new column from the Center for…
ImmigrationProf Blog
IOM Releases Guidance for Employers and Businesses on Protection of Migrant Workers During the COVID-19 Crisis
Burmese migrants work on fishing boats and in coastal communities in Phang Nga, southern Thailand. Photo: Thierry Falise/IOM The private sector, governments and other stakeholders must protect the rights and well-being of the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Indonesia: Where Moms Go Abroad To Work, Leaving Kids Behind
If We Hold On Together by Riza NugrahaWanasaba, in Indonesia's East Lombok, is called a "motherless village." As the BBC reports, many young mothers travel abroad to work, leaving their…
ImmigrationProf Blog
When The U.S. Government Tried To Replace Migrant Farmworkers With High Schoolers
Farmers often proclaim that immigrant workers for field work that no U.S. citizens will do. Gustavo Arellano on NPR reminds us of an effort by the U.S. government to prove…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Photo exhibit explores the inner lives of migrant domestic workers
Anne Quito on Quartz discusses We Are Like Air, Xyza Cruz Bacani’s exhibition at the Open Source Gallery in Brooklyn. As the article explains,"The exhibit’s title, “We Are Like Air,”…
ImmigrationProf Blog
From Migrant Farming to Mars
Inside InSight: From Migrant Farming to MarsNASA-JPL InSight engineer Marleen Martinez Sundgaard works in a simulated Martian sandbox. She tests science instruments meant for Mars right here on Earth. Growing up…
ImmigrationProf Blog
TIME: Long-Lost Photos Reveal Life of Mexican Migrant Workers in 1950s America
TIME has a story with images of "Bracero" (guest) workers from Mexico that have not been seen since they were published in the Saturday Evening Post in the 1950s. The…
Workers’ Compensation Law Prof Blog
Protecting Migrant Workers from Workplace Injuries
I've been a bit distracted of late as the fall semester has gotten underway at the University of Wyoming College of Law. I'm teaching first year Torts and an upper…