Mantouvalou, Virginia (2016) Modern slavery? The UK visa system and the exploitation of migrant domestic workers. British Politics and Policy at LSE (04 Feb 2016). Website.
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It might be hard to believe that a domestic worker – or anyone – is currently forced to sleep on a bathroom floor or is locked up in a house. Yet such experiences are very real for those who come to the UK on an overseas domestic worker visa, writes Virginia Mantouvalou. She explains how the current system – which provides a six-month, non-renewable right to stay – does not allow such workers to change employers. Those who run away due to appalling experiences are thus unable to find a new job and become undocumented. She writes that changing the visa system is the only way forward, if the UK is to treat everyone as human.
| Item Type: | Online resource (Website) |
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| Official URL: | http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy |
| Additional Information: | © 2016 The Author(s) CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 |
| Divisions: | LSE |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain K Law > K Law (General) |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Mar 2017 11:39 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Dec 2024 15:06 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/70613 |
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