committees at the workplace. Civil society actors continue to receive grievances of wage theft and abusive
conditions well into 2021.
In the face of an already weak system of migrant protections and a worsening
pandemic, the judicial system at countries of destination and origin are responding
to rights abuse complaints, which could have been easily avoided, had there been
sufficient political will and state action. Furthermore, many of these complaints
concern the private sector’s obligations to workers, thus excluding state
responsibility from the discourse. (Elver & Shapiro, 2021)
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