Nearly 600 companies linked to global migrant worker abuse in 2025

Meta, with 12 cases, was linked to the highest number of alleged migrant worker abuse cases, followed by Adidas, Levi Strauss, LVMH, and the VF Corporation, with seven each.

“The findings point to a deepening accountability crises and rising environment of corporate impunity,” said the BHRC in a briefing.

“Set against the backdrop of the climate crises crisis, escalating conflict, and hostile migration policies, the widespread failure by companies to address the structural drivers of these violations or adopt migrant worker-centred due diligence enabled abuse to go unchecked.”

Meta said in response to the BHRC global analysis that human exploitation is “abhorrent” and “not allowed” in its platforms.

“We have teams across investigations, engineering, policy, and integrity who are dedicated to anti-trafficking efforts, and we’ve invested in technology to proactively detect and review content and behaviour related to human exploitation including labour exploitation,” Meta said in a statement released by the BHRC.