[Stop-traffic] Visa Portability and Trafficking

[Mie Lewis]

Hi everyone,

Can anyone recommend reports, articles, etc. that look
at the link between visa portability and trafficking? 

By "portability" I mean the extent to which temporary
employment visas tie the worker to his/her employer. 
In the U.S., the non-portability of certain visas
contributes substantially to worker exploitation and
slavery, because workers and employers know that if a
worker quits for any reason, including abuse, that
worker falls out of legal status.

I'm told that this is also a major problem in other
countries.  Are there papers out there that describe
the work visa regimes in one or more other countries?

Thanks very much!

Mie Lewis
New Voices Fellow / Attorney at Law
Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach
1188 Franklin Street, Suite 202
San Francisco, CA  94109
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