Thread by @saliltripathi

#GFRR off to a terrific start with Rebekah Smith stressing the need for responsible recruitment saying how the industry can learn from civil aviation which made safety a global priority. @ihrb

Heaven Crawley of UN centre for policy research says that kids from migrant households stay longer in schools than kids from other families, acc data from Burkina Faso. #GFRR @ihrb

Withholding wages, aka wage theft, is a real problem. No worker should pay for a job. Workers should be able to maintain links with kids
Family unity matters: Crawley. #GFRR @ihrb

Michael Samras of @USAID stresses the need to think long term, to empower skills of MWs, so that they can play crucial role in their home countries in the longer term. #GFRR @ihrb

William Gois speaks of how #wagetheft became a more severe problem during #Covid19. We talk of power differential and transformative change. But we need to look at it from migrants' perspective, and not as 'need for mobility.' What's happening in countries of origin? #GFRR @ihrb

One typhoon, and everything gets wiped out; recovering what's lost forces more into migration. It is a facade to call them 'heroes.' MWs don't have rights to vote anymore once they leave. Can't participate in change processes: Gois. #GFRR @ihrb

Cyber-marketing is leading to exploitation; free internal movement in groupings like ASEAN raises challenges for migrant workers: Gois @ihrb #GFRR

Impact of life in the south is severe and needs attention: Gois #GFRR @ihrb

Maritza Pérez Ovando gives a powerful, moving testimony of what it means being a MW, the kind of intrusive, discriminatory practices she experienced. She is speaking at @GFRR2023 @ihrb

#GFRR2023

Rachel Micah-Jones speaks about worker empowerment that her organization has been doing - crucial in a world without transparency or common registries. #GFRR2023 @ihrb

American dream should not become a nightmare; technology is nice, but it can only address part of the problem. Dept of Labor should have an updated, open, public info about work availability: Perez Ovando #GFRR2023 @ihrb

It should mention employer, recruiter, contractor, so workers know where to apply. These should be duly authorized: Perez Ovando #GFRR2023 @ihrb

There should be opportunity to change jobs, if the jobs don't respect rights and needs. Workers should be able to assess employers and contractors: Perez Ovando #GFRR2023 @ihrb

Amy Lehr of Mars points out the significance of distinguishing between complaints from workers, to know what's crucial and what's not. #GFRR2023 @ihrb

Mark Taylor of Issara Inst speaks of ensuring better information for the job-seekers, and how to empower workers with information in workers' countries of origin, to address the root cause. #GFRR2023 @ihrb

Gerardo Reyes Chavez of Immokalee Workers speaks about industry practices that drive prices down (tomatoes, in this case) and how that acts as a downward pressure on workers, stagnating wages. #GFRR2023 @ihrb

There is wage theft, violence, sexual harassment, modern-day slavery conditions: Reyes Chavez #GFRR2023 @ihrb

We read declarations of human rights, we know none of that works for us, those are aspirations: Reyes Chavez #GFRR2023 @ihrb

While no worker should pay for recruitment, it is important to clarify who will pay for recruitment costs. We also need to understand where worker is being recruited from, and how. How can recruitment be financially viable? - Pawel Szalus, IOM, speaking at #GFRR @ihrb

Shifting the cost on employers will increase cost of goods and services for consumers. To do recruitment smartly, we need to put in place systems to optimise costs. - Szalus, IOM at #GFRR2023 @ihrb.

Pranay Rai of Intl Manpower Recruitment (Nepal) says ethical recruitment is good for business. Due diligence is essential; buyers' pressure helps shifting companies towards ethical recruitment. #GFRR2023 @ihrb

Carmel Laurino of Honest Jobs (HK) says in laws and regulations in some markets allow employers to levy fees, and that needs change. Employers need to engage with ethical recruitment. Even impact investors are looking for commercial returns. They need to change.
#GFRR @ihrb

#GFRR2023

Rosey Hurst of Impactt and James Mallick of Pro-Force point out the horrors, risks, and dangers of fraudulent recruitment schemes and what's needed to curb bad practices. Both spoke at a panel at #GFRR2023 @ihrb

Neha Misra of Solidarity Center introduces the session on remediation by pointing out the crucial and obvious fact: Migrant workers are not 'stakeholders;' they have to be at the core of remediation, at #GFRR2023 @ihrb

Anasuya Syam of Human Trafficking Legal Center speaks about import bans against products that use forced labor in US supply chain. There have been 35 import bans, incl apparel, fish, palm oil, rubber gloves, electronics under S 307 at US CBP. at #GFRR2023 @ihrb

2400 shipments, valued at $466m; up from a mere six shipment seizures. US CBP is taking forced labor remediation more seriously: Anasuya Syam at #GFRR2023 @ihrb

Rashyid Redza Anwarudin of Sime Darby describes the due diligence they undertook to address the problem of recruitment costs incurred by workers and how to remediate it through grievance mechanisms and lump sum reimbursements, duly verified. #GFRR2023 @ihrb

Agnieszka Raczynska of Fundacion Avina (Colombia) believes in collective power and in the need to educate employers about recruitment process that ensures accountability.

#GFRR2023 @ihrb

@ihrb And in the final session of an amazing day, Mahmoud Qutub, executive director on the delivery of worker safety at the FIFA Cup in Qatar speaks with @Jomo1966 at #GFRR2023 @ihrb

@ihrb @Jomo1966 Qatar had laws, but we had gaps, and we managed to create robust monitoring and enforcement systems: Qutub, at #GFRR2023 @ihrb

We believe wholeheartedly in transparency. We need to operate outside our comfort zone and get independent review: Qutub @ihrb #GFRR2023

We remember and miss Jin Sook Lee, who put worker interests always at heart: bwint.org/cms/rememberin… #GFRR2023 @ihrb

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Prevention (of harm) is key, but remediation is the obligation, Qutub at #GFRR2023 @ihrb