JRS Malta has released a new report shedding light on the cost of legal precarity and labour exploitation faced by migrant workers in Malta. 

The study, titled “Forced to Hide – The Human Cost of Legal Precarity and Labour Exploitation”, is based on a series of interviews with migrants experiencing various degrees of legal insecurity. It highlights cases of wage withholding, unjust dismissals, breaches of health and safety regulations, and numerous instances of bullying, discrimination, and racism in the workplace. 

This research was conducted by JRS Malta as part of a project supported by the Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) and the Robert Bosch Stiftung’s grant programme on labour rights and labour migration.   

As part of the project, a short animated documentary entitled “Paper Ghosts” was also produced.

*The article was originally published by JRS Malta.