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Protection
Abuse and threats
Physical, psychological, and financial abuse in an employment relationship.
What it means
- Abuse in an employment context can be physical, verbal, psychological, or financial, and often escalates gradually.
- Threats against you, your documents, your pay, or your family are a form of coercion, even without physical violence.
Warning signs
- You are threatened with deportation, legal trouble, or harm to your family if you complain or try to leave.
- You experience or witness physical violence or intimidation.
- You are isolated from other workers, from communication, or from the outside world.
What to do
- Trust your own sense that something is wrong, even without a single dramatic incident.
- Where safe, document dates, descriptions, and any evidence of threats or abuse.
- Identify people or organizations you could contact if the situation escalates.
Where to seek help
- See Get Help Now to distinguish an emergency from an urgent, non-emergency concern.
- A qualified local organization supporting migrant workers or trafficking survivors.
This is general information, not country-specific legal advice. Local hotlines, embassy contacts, and vetted referral partners will appear here as SafePath expands into each region.