The report is based on research carried out from 1996 to 1998 on New Industrial Strategies: The experiences of migrant workers in the Mauritian EPZ. The research was carried out using qualitative and quantitative methodological approaches. This research is based on an earlier study on workers in the EPZ ( See Kothari and Nababsing 1996). One of the key findings of this project was the increasing reliance on foreign workers to this industrial sector. At the same time we also became aware that the area of temporary worker migrations had been largely understudied. This current research emerged out of our concern of an absence of detailed material on the use and experiences of migrant workers particularly in regions outside of Europe and North America. The report does not only provide details of processes of industrialisation and the importation of labour but also information that will enable the formulation and effective implementation of appropriate policies. We hope that this preliminary study has raised important issues and identified areas for further investigation and analysis. We expect this report to be of direct interest to migrant workers, industrialists and policy makers and of more general interest to those concerned with the role of labour movements within global economic strategies.