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By Emilia Terzon

As migration returns to Australia, advocates call for more protections for exploited workers

Advocacy groups call for better protections for migrant workers as more return to Australia. (Emilia Terzon)

Inderjit Kaur worked in the kitchen of an Australian restaurant for 20 hours a week for seven months without receiving a single pay cheque. 

The reason she put up with this "egregious" example of wage theft speaks to an issue at the heart of Australia's migration system.

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