Snapshot co-organized by the Working Group on Business, the European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control, affiliated with the UN (HEUNI) and Coretta & Martin Luther King Institute for Peace This snapshot session focuses on migrant workers’ access to effective remedy in Europe, more specifically in the Nordic countries and the Baltic Sea region, discussing if and how migrant workers, who have been exploited at work, have access to effective remedy for the harm they have suffered. Migrant workers may face structural and practical barriers in accessing remedy, including lack of information about grievance mechanisms and rights, and lack of access to legal aid or other support. Well-functioning grievance mechanisms that allow for access to effective remedy may also not exist. Based on recent research findings, this session highlights the gaps in migrant workers’ access to effective remedy and discusses how to engage with key stakeholders to address these barriers in local remedy ecosystems. It presents concrete examples of stakeholder engagement that have facilitated access to effective remedy.
Key objectives:- Address challenges and practical barriers migrant workers face in accessing remedy in the Nordic countries and the Baltic Sea region.
- Discuss how stakeholders can work together to tighten gaps along different levels of the supply chains to improve access to effective remedy.
- Emphasize the role of civil society actors in conjunction with all the other actors involved in the abuse-remedy cycle.
- Address what is needed to move a smart mix of measures from theory to practice to achieve better outcomes.
- Showcase good examples to improve migrant workers’ access to effective remedy in the Nordic countries and the Baltic Sea region based on recent research.
