The Byron Burgers Case:Immigration Enforcement and Workers Rights
A panel discussion to take a closer look on the Byron Hamburgers case and the challenges it puts forward for trade unionists and others concerned with the rights of workers.The Byron Burgers case had devastating consequences for the targeted workers and their families and raises important questions about the extent to which employers should be held to account when it comes to a duty of care towards its workers.
What actions need to be taken in solidarity with migrant workers who are endeavouring to resist exploitation?

Bridget Anderson, Research Director at the Centre on Migration, Policy, and Society (COMPAS), University of Oxford
Wilf Sullivan, TUC Race Equality Officer
Consuelo Moreno, lead organiser Justice 4 Cleaners SOAS campaign, Unison
Aidan McQuade, Director of Anti-Slavery International
Petros Elia, General Secretary of United Voices of the World Union
Rafel Sanchis, Chair of Unite Hotel Branch
The discussion was moderated by Don Flynn, former director of Migrants’ Rights Network
Tue 6 September 2016, 19:00 – 20:30 at SOAS, University of London
Public programme developed in partnership with Migrants Rights Network, Alina Müller and SOAS Solidarity with Refugees & Displaced People.