This policy brief examines the relationship between migration policy, irregular status, and labour market vulnerability. It highlights how restrictive legal frameworks can unintentionally increase exploitation and undermine workers’ rights, and calls for policy approaches that better align migration governance with social and economic realities.
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Exploitable by design: migrant workers in the UK immigration system
Nando Sigona / March 2024Is the UK immigration system really 'fairer' as the government claims? Fairer for whom? In the latest episode of the Conversations with Iris podcast, Nando Sigona discusses these questions with Luke Piper, Head of Immigration at the Work...

