Sally Moyce|Marc B. Schenker
Migrant Workers and Their Occupational Health and Safety
Samuel Merritt University|University of California, Davis
2015 approximately 244 million people transnational migrants approximately half workers often engaged jobs hazardous health work less pay longer hours worse conditions nonmigrants often subject human rights violations abuse human trafficking violence worldwide immigrant workers higher rates adverse occupational exposures working conditions lead poor health outcomes workplace injuries occupational fatalities health disparities immigrant workers related environmental occupational exposures result languagecultural barriers access health care documentation status political climate host country recommendations global local scales offered potential solutions improving health immigrant workers