A new survey of 10,000 migrants reveals exploitation at work is the norm. Here’s how to fix it

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A 28-year-old international student from Pakistan took a job as a chef in Queensland. His employer paid a flat hourly rate that was well below the legal minimum, with no payslips. When he eventually left, his employer hired the next new arrival.

“It is like an ecosystem,” he told us, “and everyone passes through it.”