About us
Migrants At Work was formed to address one of the most urgent issues of our time: the exploitation of migrant workers through the very immigration systems that are supposed to regulate their arrival. We are a Self-Organised Lived Experience (SOLEX) organisation — led by and for people with lived experience.
While many organisations focus on the conditions of exploitation (forced labour, slavery, servitude), we tackle the process that creates those conditions: the trafficking and trade that channels migrants into exploitation through so-called safe and legal migration routes.
Vision, Mission & Values
Vision: A world where no immigration system creates the conditions that force people into exploitation. We challenge the structural mechanisms that make migrants vulnerable by design, and work towards ending what we describe as homegrown slavery.
Mission: To empower migrant workers to anticipate, resist, and recover from exploitation, while challenging the institutions, policies, and systems that create it. We work from the ground up — supporting individuals, building community power, and pushing for structural change through advocacy, research, and engagement with statutory bodies and government.
These principles define how we work with communities and challenge the systems that create exploitation.
Ethiquitable engagement
Relationships and decisions are rooted in human rights principles, where justice, respect, and equality are non-negotiable.
We stay accountable to those most affected, centring their voices and recognising the dignity and worth of everyone involved.
Self-determination
The anti-trafficking sector is too often shaped without the people it claims to serve. This must change.
Self-determination is the right to define one's own future, lead solutions, and hold power in decisions that affect our lives.
Community accountability
Decisions affecting people with lived experience must be made in their best interests and grounded in human rights.
Accountability runs back to the community — their needs, priorities, and safety come first. We do not speak for communities; we remain answerable to them.