The inquiry was a key recommendation in a report by the NSW Anti-Slavery Commissioner, which identified practices including forced labour, possible sexual servitude and emerging labour trafficking.
The inquiry will focus on the lived experience of migrant workers .A parliamentary inquiry will examine modern slavery in Australia, focusing on the lived experience of migrant workers .
Joe McGirr says concerns have been raised with him about poor conditions for migrant workers in his electorate."People who have had lived experience of modern slavery are frequently traumatised and fearful, and collecting evidence is something we need to approach in a different way," he said. When Ezekiel landed in Australia as a guest worker two years ago, he was full of hope. Now, he is destitute and homeless with the company that sponsored him being investigated for abuse and mistreatment of workers.
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