Trafficking and exploitation of Chinese migrants in France

In 2003, the International Labour Organization (ILO) undertook research on contemporary forms of slavery in France. The focus of the study was the Chinese migrant population in that country, one of the largest in Europe.

The study examines newly arrived migrants working in various sectors of the informal economy—garment making, catering, construction, and leather goods—and operating outside the bounds of the law. This situation is closely linked to the circumstances of these migrants' arrival. Their undocumented status, and therefore their vulnerability, is one of the main factors explaining their involvement in these sectors of the informal economy.

This book is illustrated with testimonies that demonstrate the extreme forms that labor exploitation, as well as human trafficking, can take.