1. Throughout the world, it is widely acknowledged that foreign workers constitute a particularly vulnerable group in society. See, eg, de Varennes Fernand, ‘Strangers in Foreign Lands: Diversity, Vulnerability and the Rights of Migrants'’, UNESCO, 2003; Ruhs Martin, ‘Termporary Foreign Worker Programmes: Policies, Adverse Consequences, and the Need to Make Them Work’, Perspectives on Labour Migration, International Migration Programme, ILO, Geneva, 2003, 12–14.