to inform migrant workers on how to file complaints and, especially, to encourage them to seek
justice. This can be done in collaboration with local civil society organizations, including trade
unions, that can provide a communication bridge between the governments and migrant
workers. Migrant workers should be supported in taking collective action to address wage theft.
Second, where justice is delayed, expedite it: Destination countries can adopt many measures
to expedite the delivery of justice to migrant workers. The process to expedite justice begins by
ensuring that free or accessible legal assistance is made available to all migrant workers
regardless of their legal status (e.g. documented or undocumented) and by setting up fast track
labor courts and mediation mechanisms that can decide swiftly and justly on cases of wage
theft faced by migrant workers. Countries of destination should be prepared to set up
specialized funds to compensate workers for their unpaid wages and benefits in advance of
recouping these sums from employers, to ensure justice is expedited. Destination countries
should also consider allowing migrant workers to stay legally in the country until their claims
are adjudicated. As an added measure, returnees migrants should be given the opportunity to
submit legal claims against employers in the missions of the countries of destination in which
they worked, this should be a sufficient measure to initiate a legal inquiry.