Lo sfruttamento della manodopera straniera e le ‘forme contemporanee di schiavitů': il caso di Rosarno

Abstract

The violent episodes that have taken places recently in Rosarno (Calabria), involving many illegal migrants, have pointed out the close relationship that exists between clandestine immigration and economic exploitation. At present, the status of illegal migrant workers is governed by certain regulations adopted by the International Labour Organisation and the United Nation that, in a more or less explicit fashion, ban forced labour and slavery. The work of these international organizations has also demonstrated that the conditions of exploitation to which these migrant workers are subjected (as in the case of Rosarno) present features that are typical of the so-called contemporary forms of slavery, in particular debt bondage and human trafficking. Copyright