The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre recorded 665 cases of alleged abuse of migrant workers globally in 2024 in their Migrant Worker Allegations Database. The workers most likely to report abuse are from countries classified by the World Bank as lower and upper middle income across the Global South, yet suffered exploitative labour and recruitment conditions toiling in high income countries across the Global North. Cases associated with manufacturing supply chains account for 12% of cases of migrant worker abuse recorded globally.