Edited by Bernard Ryan

Published in October 2005

Migrant workers often enter the UK in the hope of finding a better life – the truth is often far from that. Migrant workers are denied social benefits and are offered very little protection in terms of employment rights while the destitution faced by unemployed migrants makes them more vulnerable to unscrupulous employers.

Read reviews of the IER Equality book from Gail Cartmail, National Secretary, AMICUS; Wendy Foulger, Director- Legal Strategy Unit, EOC; Carolyn Jones, Director, Institute of Employment Rights; Sarah Veale, Head of Equality and Employment Law, TUC.