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«We are not rats»: What if the story was different? A study from the migratory crisis and the exploitation of workers

Authors

  • Camila da Cunha Melo de Farias Borba Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brasil
  • Isabele Bandeira de Moraes D’Angelo Universidade do Porto, Portugal, e Universidade de Pernambuco, Brasil
Vol. 11 No. 21 (2020): Primer Semestre
https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-7551.2020.57846

Abstract

Despite being a constant phenomenon in human history, today the world is faced with an unprecedented migration crisis, which triggers global humanitarian issues such as misery, vulnerability, exploitation; unmoved solutions within each traditional nation-state. Statistics show the widespread violation of internationally recognized human rights and the perpetuation of a cycle of exploitation of workers, especially those most vulnerable: immigrants and refugees, who may even be subjected to contemporary slave labor. Immigrants suffer discrimination, violence and segregation, as well as work situations that are incompatible with human dignity. From the hypothetical-deductive method, this work will demonstrate how the migratory crisis perpetuates the exploitation and maintenance of the capitalist system as hegemonic, making new ways of precarious work, including through contemporary slavery.

Keywords:

Migratory crises, contemporary slavery, globalization, human rights.

Author Biographies

Camila da Cunha Melo de Farias Borba, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brasil

Camila da Cunha Melo de Farias Borba é mestranda em Direito pela Universi-dade Federal de Pernambuco e Bacharel em Direito pela Universidade de Pernam-buco. O seu endereço de correio electrónico é camila1borba@hotmail.com.

Isabele Bandeira de Moraes D’Angelo, Universidade do Porto, Portugal, e Universidade de Pernambuco, Brasil

Isabele Bandeira de Moraes D’Angelo é investigadora de Pós-doutoramento no Centro de Investigação Jurídico-Económica da Faculdade de Direito da Univer-sidade do Porto. Doutora e Mestra em Direito. Professora Adjunta da Universidade de Pernambuco. Professora Permanente do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Direitos Humanos. O seu endereço de correio electrónico é belebm@hotmail.com.

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Borba, C. da C. M. de F., & D’Angelo, I. B. de M. (2020). «We are not rats»: What if the story was different? A study from the migratory crisis and the exploitation of workers. Revista Chilena De Derecho Del Trabajo Y De La Seguridad Social, 11(21), 85–100. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-7551.2020.57846
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