Michaël Merrigan studied law, human rights and international investigative journalism. He currently works as an independent journalist, exposing structural inequalities through in-depth reporting.

He's fascinated by the complex relationship between the individual and the community.

Michaël Merrigan

Basic information

Name
Michaël Merrigan
Title
Journalist
Expertise
Human rights law and social fraud
Country
Belgium
City
Brussels
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Supported projects

Elderly care as a new lucrative playground for labour market fraudsters

  • Healthcare
  • Organised crime

BRUSSELS - Vulnerable Bulgarian women are coming to Belgium and the Netherlands to live with elderly people who prefer to stay at home rather than go to a nursing home. They will care for these elderly people during the last years or months of their lives. This research is a case study of the practices of Seniorcare24, a major provider of these services in the Low Countries, and the fate of the caregivers seconded by this company from Bulgaria.

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The slavery of care: Bulgarian women working in the West as caregivers

  • Exploitation
  • Healthcare
  • Work

SOFIA - The story focuses on the plight of cash-strapped Bulgarian women who come to Belgium and the Netherlands as posted workers to care for elderly people who want to spend the last months or years of their life in their own home, instead of in a retirement home. The investigation focuses on one of the main players on the market offering such services, Seniorcare24.

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