Abstract

The issue of labour exploitation of migrants irregularly staying in the EU – as dealt with within the specific legal framework stemming from a supranational dimension (EU) – is gaining additional weight, if we consider that it implies close interrelations between subjects covered by criminal, immigration, and labour law. Under EU law, the paper aims to prove how, on this topic, relevant case law is increasingly considering indications of international (ECHR) and EU institutions and judiciaries. This implies a positive impact of the “integrationistµ approach with a view, on the one hand, to a more effective prosecution of behaviours corresponding to exploitation, and, on the other, to the protection of people subjected to exploitation, even more so in consideration of the extreme vulnerability experienced by third-country nationals irregularly staying in the territory of the EU.