Australia: Filipino migrant worker “increasingly fearful” of boss before his death, inquest finds

Jerwin Royupa, a 21-year-old Filipino migrant worker, was found to have been "exploited" and exposed to "potentially criminal" behaviour during his sponsorship in Australia, according to Deputy State Coroner Rebecca Hosking, with his death resulting from "complications of multiple blunt force injuries" sustained when he jumped or fell from a moving vehicle.
Royupa's employer had denied him food, cut off power to his accommodation, and confiscated his passport, with the inquest finding that he was forced to work up to 60 hours a week in excessive heat without adequate clothing or sunscreen, and was paid a "wholly inadequate" monthly allowance of $134.92.
The inquest criticized the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) for its lack of oversight, with Hosking stating that the DHA "does not take active steps to supervise compliance or prevent employers taking advantage of overseas trainees," and that the support systems for subclass 407 visa holders like Royupa were "inaccessible, inadequate and insufficient".