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Get Help
If you are a migrant worker in trouble, ILSI can help. Find emergency helplines and step-by-step guidance for the most common problems workers face abroad.
This section is written for workers, not lawyers. Each guide below explains, in plain language, what to do right now if something has gone wrong overseas, what not to do, and how ILSI can support you. None of this guidance replaces a licensed lawyer — see our disclaimer — but it will help you take safe, sensible first steps.
Common problems we help with
- I have not been paid
- My employer has taken my passport
- I have been injured at work
- I have been detained or arrested
- I need to return home
- I want to report a recruiter or agent
You can also check the latest scam alerts before you pay any recruitment fee, and find a vetted lawyer in your destination country if your case needs formal legal representation.
Explore this section
Emergency Helplines
Emergency helpline numbers for migrant workers, by country, available for urgent problems at any time.
Not Been Paid
Step-by-step guidance if your employer has not paid your wages on time or in full, including what to do now and what ILSI can do to help.
Passport Taken
What to do if your employer or agent has taken your passport and will not give it back — your rights and safe next steps.
Injured at Work
What to do if you are injured on the job abroad: getting medical care, reporting the injury correctly, and protecting your right to compensation.
Detained or Arrested
What to do if you are detained or arrested abroad: your rights, contacting your embassy, and how ILSI can support you.
Return Home
What to do if you need to return home urgently, whether due to injury, an unsafe workplace, family emergency, or the end of your contract.
Report a Recruiter
Report a recruiter or agent who has defrauded you, charged illegal fees, or misrepresented a job — your report helps protect other workers too.
Scam Alerts
Current alerts about fraudulent recruiters, fake job offers, and scam patterns affecting migrant workers in ILSI's active corridors.
Find a Lawyer & Translator
ILSI will provide a vetted lawyer and translator in your destination country for formal legal representation in wage, injury, immigration, or criminal cases.
In danger or need urgent help?
ILSI's emergency helpline directory connects you to a verified contact for your country, any time.