Exploitation of Migrant Construction Workers in Russia
This 130-page report documents widespread withholding of wages, failure to provide required contracts, and unsafe working conditions by employers at construction sites across Russia. It also details cases in which workers were unwittingly trafficked into forced labor by employment agencies that promised construction jobs in Russia, but then delivered workers to employers who confiscated their passports and forced them to work without wages. In some cases, these workers were confined and beaten.
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ISBN: 1-56432-433-8
ISBN: 1-56432-433-8
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- "Are You Happy to Cheat Us?"
- Summary
- Methodology
- Part 1: Background
- 1.1 Migration to Russia
- 1.2 Racism and Xenophobia in Russia
- Part 2: Laws and Policy Concerning Migrant Workers
- 2.1 Russia's Legal Obligations and Migration Policy
- 2.2 Laws Relating to Migrant Workers
- 2.3 Registration on the Migration Registry
- 2.4 Obtaining a Work Permit
- 2.5 The Quota System
- 2.6 Other bureaucratic obstacles
- Part 3: Abuse and Exploitation of Migrant Construction Workers in Russia
- 3.1 Intermediaries and the Role They Play in Exploitation
- 3.3 Trafficking and Forced Labor
- 3.4 Labor Exploitation and Other Abuses
- 3.5 Ill-treatment and Extortion by Police and other Officials
- Part 4: Protection and Redress
- 4.1Russian Government Protection Measures and Gaps
- 4.2 Non-Governmental Avenues for Redress
- 4.3 Labor-Sending Countries' Government Response
- Recommendations
- Acknowledgements
- Annex: Background Information on Select Sending Countries







