Access to justice and social rights for victims of trafficking and labour exploitation in Sweden

This chapter delves into the challenges encountered by victims of human trafficking and other forms of labour exploitation in Sweden as they struggle to access social rights and justice. By drawing from theories of victimisation as an interactional process, the study examines the role of professionals such as government agents, social services, unions, and NGOs as facilitators in assisting victims in gaining access to social rights and justice. The chapter underscores how access to justice and social rights is intricately intertwined with the victim identification process, the migration regime, and the gendered nature of assistance programmes. The limited access to social rights for victims may be attributed to the principles of inclusion and exclusion associated with the welfare state and the logic of the migration regime.