Thousands of migrant workers 'trapped in slavery'

Australian Community Media

Many temporary migrant workers in NSW face "harsh realities", says survivor-advocate Moe Turaga who was enslaved at 17 on a grape farm in Victoria. Video by AAP.

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00:00Many of the people who contact me are temporary migrant workers here in regional NSW and are

00:09suffering similar exploitation.

00:13During a recent visit with the Commissioner to Griffith and in previous years NSW, I have

00:20met with many individuals who shared their harrowing experiences.

00:26The situations they presented involved forced labour, debt bondage, trafficking in persons

00:35and deceptive recruitment practices.

00:37Too often my brothers, my sisters, they find themselves without access to a sense of services

00:51and supports when they leave their employment schemes such as PAM.

00:58Often they leave for their own safety.

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