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20 years later, but trafficking persists despite Morecambe Bay tragedy

20 years ago, on the beach of Morecambe Bay, 23 migrant workers illegally smuggled into the U.K. drowned while picking cockles on the beach. A subsequent investigation revealed that criminal gangmasters had forced the migrants to work in these highly dangerous conditions leading to a raft of new laws aimed at protecting workers from forced labor and modern slavery. But according to The Conversation, campaigners claim the situation in the U.K. for

| Monday February 5, 2024
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