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…the use of temporary labour and the levels of low pay.” Migrant care workers from Nigeria, India, and Zimbabwe report receiving low pay below the minimum wage, withheld wages, long…

…Observer about nurses from India hired to work in social care services in the U.K. The report found that many were left in debt and stranded in the U.K., unable…

…in Nepal’s Kalikot district. This is in part due to parents having to migrate to India in order to find work, leaving children in the care of orphanages. Despite evidence…

India holds the distinction of being one of the world’s largest sugar producers and ranks second in global sugar exports, earning $4 billion every year from sugar alone. But a…

NPR News relays the story of Shanta Bai, a farmworker in rural India, who was locked in a chicken coop for a week by her employer, along with other women,…

Credit: Courtesy of CNA and The Moving Visuals Co. Watch ‘The Ugly Side of Beauty’ here. “Three years ago I got a loan from a money lender of 4,100 Indian…

…and Pakistan. Reports of debt bondage in India and human trafficking risks for sugarcane workers in Guatemala have also been documented.11 In 2015, around 80% of the 170 million tons…

…estimates that the more than 17,000 women and girls trafficked every year to India alone are usually forced into sex work, circus work, domestic servitude and are targeted for organ…

…in the Sumer, Babylonia and the Akkadian Empires. For example, the Andurārum edicts of the Akkadian Empire released bonded workers from debt peonage. In a modern context, India’s Bonded Labour…

Survivors of human trafficking and exploitation in India face significant hurdles in accessing the support they need to rebuild their lives. A lack of access to economic opportunities that would…