Assembly Committee publishes report on issues affecting migrant workers in Wales

Migrant workers in Wales create new businesses, meet labour shortages and are no more likely to perpetrate crimes than other UK citizens, but a significant number of this valuable workforce are unscrupulously exploited. This was the verdict of an inquiry by the National Assembly for Wales’ Equality of Opportunity Committee which launched its findings in a report published on the 26 November 2008.

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NAW: Equality of Opportunity Committee: Issues affecting migrant workers in Wales, their families and the communities in which they live and work, November 2008 http://www.assemblywales.org/cr-ld7303-e.pdf

NAW: Equality of Opportunity Committee: Issues affecting migrant workers in Wales, their families and the communities in which they live and work, November 2008. Summary http://www.assemblywales.org/eoc_3__migrant_workers_summary_report_eng__2_-2.pdf

ESO: Background information: Research migrants to dispel myths http://www.europeansources.info/record/research-migrants-to-dispel-myths/

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