Protection Of Migrant Workers Taking A Back Seat To Employers’ Needs W/ Saunoamaali’i Karanina Sumeo From The Human Rights Commission: 30 October, 2024 95bFM: The Wire podcast

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Protection of migrant workers taking a back seat to employers’ needs w/ Saunoamaali’i Karanina Sumeo from the Human Rights Commission: 30 October, 2024

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About two weeks ago, the government announced a series of changes to the Migrant Exploitation Protection Work Visa.
Some of the changes included updating the definition of migrant exploitation to specify incidents occuring only under an official employment contract and excluding measures falling under lawful employment terminations.

Immigration minister Erica Stanford has said that the new changes would specify the terms of the visa and reduce the time migrants may be in vulnerable situations, however a number of human rights advocates have disagreed with this reasoning, saying the changes to the visa would reduce support for migrant workers and put more power in the hands of employers.

Oto spoke to Saunoamaali’i Karanina Sumeo, the Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner at Te Kāhui Tika Tangata - The Human Rights Commission, to discuss the recent changes to the Migrant Exploitation Protection Work Visas and how it’ll impact migrant workers.

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