Canada's Temporary Foreign Worker Program Faces Allegations of Systemic Exploitation

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‘Ensure social security for migrant workers’

The AITUC Tamil Nadu Manual Workers’ Federation has stressed the need to cover the migrant workers employed in various industries/trade/businesses in Tamil Nadu under the social security schemes implemented by the State government

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Migrant workers in Canada exposed to “shocking abuse and discrimination,” Amnesty says

Amnesty International has said migrant workers in Canada have been exposed to “shocking abuse and discrimination” while working under Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP).

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Canada’s temporary foreign worker scheme ‘inherently exploitative’: Amnesty

Rights group urges Canada to end ‘closed’ work permits that leave migrant workers vulnerable to exploitation and abuse.

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Canada: Temporary visa programme enables abuse migrant workers, treating them as disposable, report finds Amnesty International report on human rights violations against migrant workers in Canada

Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Programme (TFWP) is designed in a way that facilitates shocking abuse and discrimination of migrant workers, Amnesty International said in a new report today.The report, ‘Canada has destroyed me’: Labour exploitation of migrant workers in Canada, exposes the impact of the TFWP, which allows employers to hire migrant workers, primarily for low-paid jobs, across various sectors, including agriculture, food process…

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Canada is the host and complicit in a form of modern slavery where workers are sometimes subjected to inhumane working and living conditions and to multiple violations of their rights, including theft or violence.

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The report reveals working conditions close to slavery, racism and repatriation threats in key sectors such as agriculture and care in Canada. LONDON – Canada’s Foreign Temporary Workers Program (TFWP) facilitates scandalous abuse and discrimination against migrant workers, the humanitarian organization Amnesty International (AI) reported in its most recent report.