What impact do unregulated employment agencies have?
The types of problems that take place during recruitment are really the root cause of the resulting exploitation. What’s interesting is that these types of problems occur, not only with completely unlicensed or illegally operating recruitment agencies, but even with those that are licensed. That’s because they are not adequately regulated or monitored – they are given a free reign to do whatever they like. The most common problems are deceiving migrants about what their work conditions will be: often they are promised one set of wages or one set of working hours that are vastly different from what they will encounter abroad. Another problem is the imposition of excessive recruitment fees. These recruitment agencies will charge extortionate fees that leave migrants heavily indebted. When these migrants have such a heavy financial burden abroad, it makes it almost impossible for them to leave their employment conditions if they face abuse, because they have such pressure to repay those d
