Rights & Safety

Before last week’s Indian restaurant arrests, there was a chef shortage, a special immigration route, warnings of exploitation, a government shutdown — and even a lawsuit by Asian restaurant owners. The full story goes back years. There is a deceptively simple question behind the Indian restaurant investigation currently making news in the Netherlands: Why was

Two restaurant owners have been arrested in the Netherlands in an investigation involving Indian workers, alleged labour exploitation and more than €4 million in suspected illegal gains. Here is what we actually know — and what we don’t. If you are Indian and live around Amsterdam, Utrecht or The Hague, there is a reasonable chance