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The global fishing industry is not only stripping our environment, it is abusing workers too…
Many are aware of the adverse environmental effects, but what about the effects on humans–abuse by low to no pay, control through fear, false promises, coercion, etc. The US and Environmental Justice Foundation–EJF–estimates that 90+ percent of all workers on Thai boats are illegal migrant workers from Cambodia and Burma and many are treated as slave labor.
For families working in brick kilns across Pakistan, debt is not just a burden—it shapes entire lives. Workers describe being born into loans they did not choose. Over time, those debts grow. Then, trapped in debt bondage, one of the most common forms of modern slavery, workers say they are left with no choice. In order to repay loans tied to recruitment, housing and daily survival, they are selling parts of their own bodies. “We are born into debt
| Tuesday March 24, 2026
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