Towards a Decent Labour Market for Low-Waged Migrant Workers: An Introduction

This book is the final output of a research project –Protecting labour migrants in the Netherlands: past, present and in the futurethat allowed us to collaborate with the selected contributors to this volume.¹ Together, we dive into the position of low-waged migrant workers from within the EU, possibly working under worse labour conditions than nationals, or under the level of their education attainments, as well as third-country nationals, especially those in low-paid jobs such as seasonal workers, asylum seekers or those without legal residence. These migrant workers contribute to the labour market, valued for their work but are vulnerable