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During the 21st century, migrations have become increasing-ly intense, since they are often planned with a specific goal and could cause major social changes. Unfortunately, since there is no definition of the term ‘migrant’, countries face a particular challenge in protecting migrant workers’ right to work. The International Labour Organization, the Council of Europe, and the European Union have made significant contributions to establishing and developing the migrant worker protection system. At the national level, governments and trade unions contribute to migrant workers’ protection by adopting laws to control migrations. However, with many social, political, and economic factors at play, countries can’t always control immigration within their own territory. The author’s hypothesis is that the position of migrant workers depends significantly on the host country’s im-migration and labour policies. The paper concludes that the application of general provisions prescribed at the international level cannot and does not fully protect the rights of migrant workers. Given this, it is not surprising that certain countries and trade unions have begun to protect their interests by adopting legal regulations to manage mi-gration within their territory. The paper identifies the fear that labour migration will negatively affect trade unions’ image in those countries where trade unions are weak and disjointed, without real power to influence decision-makers. Finally, when analysing the position of migrant workers in the Republic of Serbia, the author points that the motives for labour force emigration from Serbia are extremely strong, so even if certain changes were to be made to labour con-ditions, there would be no reduction in emigration. This is because workers’ motives for emigration go beyond mere dissatisfaction with labour conditions, but are rather linked to their general dissatisfaction with the quality of life in Serbia

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Foreigners in Italy are mainly employed in low-skilled manual jobs where there is a greater exposure to the risk of injury. This study aims to analyze foreigners’ and Italians’ different probabilities of accidents in the workplace, and their perception of this risk, as well as the objective and subjective dimensions of injury at work.The data is taken from the ad hoc module on “Health and Safety at Work” in the Labour Force Survey (Istat) in the second quarter of 2013. This section also collected data on accidents at work and the perceived risk of accidents at work.Our findings identify critical issues for foreign workers from countries with high migration pressure compared to Italian born workers. Overall, foreign men, in particular, workers in manufacturing, especially plant operators and machine workers, have a significantly higher risk of injury than Italians. Among women, foreign cleaners are clearly disadvantaged compared to Italians. There is a discrepancy between the subjective and objective dimensions of the phenomenon, because, in the presence of a greater risk of injury for foreigners, perceived risk is not always significantly higher than Italians.