About the issue
Low-waged migrant workers underpin much of the global economy and are among the most vulnerable to serious exploitation, including debt bondage and forced labor. Despite this global prevalence, there are currently no existing accurate, transparent calculations of the recruitment costs paid by migrant workers.
There are an estimated 169 million labor migrants globally, with over 24 million working in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and over 2 million working in Malaysia. Workers in the Bangladesh-Malaysia and India-GCC corridors are a focus of the FFACT project because these worker populations are especially vulnerable to debt stemming from high recruitment fees and related costs.
