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More than One-Third of Domestic Worker Wages Go to Recruiters, Loans

Domestic workers in Hong Kong are pushing for a 25% pay raise as recruitment fees continue to skyrocket. In interviews with more than [...]

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US Hotline Reveals Filipinos as Top Victims of Domestic Slavery

The highest number of labor trafficking cases — nearly a quarter — reported to the US National Human Trafficking Hotline involved [...]

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The Hub for Trafficking Filipinos to Russia

Today’s South China Morning Post editorial urges Hong Kong to take a stronger stance in addressing human trafficking. The Hong [...]

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Ethical Lending Promises to Save Migrants from Loan Sharks

Hong Kong’s thousands of foreign domestic workers are not allowed to get loans from banks in the city, forcing them to turn to [...]

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Indian workers held for ransom, under house arrest in the Gulf

Indian migrant workers are struggling to fight back against exploitative recruitment agencies in the Gulf. Some have even reported that [...]

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Hong Kong Fails Madagascar’s Domestic Workers

When Giselle (not her real name) boarded a plane in Madagascar destined for Hong Kong, she thought her dream had come true. She’d [...]

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Chinese Baby Girl Sold for $9000 by Struggling Parents, Agent

A young, struggling couple has been detained in central China for allegedly trying to sell their baby daughter online for $9000 with [...]

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Singapore’s first-ever conviction of labor trafficking

 Singapore is set to take “strong” action against labor trafficking after an Indian couple was convicted of harboring three migrant [...]

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Hong Kong March against Abusive Recruiters

This past Sunday domestic workers and their local supporters marched in Hong Kong to protest the overcharging of fees and exploitation [...]

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North Korean Women Sold into Marriage Struggle to Bring Chinese Children ‘Home’

Women fleeing North Korea primarily head to China, but upon making it across the border there lies the danger of human traffickers who [...]

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Vietnamese child trafficking victim exploited for years in the UK

Nguyen*, now in his early twenties, was one of the hundreds of children who are trafficked from Vietnam to the UK every year. His [...]

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Erwiana Wins HK$809,430 Claim against Abusive Employer

Erwiana Sulistyaningsih, a former domestic worker who was tortured by her Hong Kong employer, finally won her two-year legal bid to [...]

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Trafficked at 7, Now an Inspiring UN Advocate

Rani Hong was born in southern India, where she had a normal childhood with her mom, dad, and four siblings. Yet when her father became [...]

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COVID-19 hurts Hong Kong’s trafficking survivors, domestic workers

The COVID-19 pandemic has put Hong Kong’s trafficking survivors and domestic workers especially at risk of re-trafficking and [...]

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Two Jailed for Trafficking Vietnamese Children to UK Nail Salons

Two people have been arrested in the UK for trafficking children from Vietnam to work in nail salons. The police say this is the first [...]

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‘Shock’ as Hong Kong Police Censor Trafficking Warning

Hong Kong’s efforts to tackle money laundering tied to human trafficking are being lambasted over news that the city’s [...]

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New U.S. sanctions target Chinese paramilitary group in Uyghur Region

The U.S. government has imposed sanctions on a Chinese paramilitary entity operating in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, along with [...]

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Hong Kong Migrant Workers Hold Vigil Demanding Justice

Almost 500 people gathered in Hong Kong on Sunday for a candlelight vigil for victims of human trafficking following the tragic death [...]

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Hong Kong Chief Pledges Support for Domestic Workers

The Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Carrie Lam, has pledged to enhance government support for the city’s 380,000 migrant domestic [...]

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Pandemic school closures risk creating “lost generation of children” in India

 Child labor is surging in India as a result of the school closures enforced to prevent the spread of COVID-19. India’s rates of child [...]

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Erwiana’s Jailed Employer Ordered to Pay HK$170,000 to Second Victim

Law Wan-tung, the same Hong Kong woman who was jailed for torturing domestic worker Erwiana Sulistyaningsih, has now been ordered to [...]

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A Victim of Forced Labor Pursues Justice in Hong Kong

A Pakistani man who was trafficked to Hong Kong and forced to work without pay, experiencing abuse, threats and hunger, sued the [...]

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Gender imbalance in China driving “bride trafficking”

China’s significant gender imbalance has become a major factor in the growing phenomenon of trafficking and forced marriage of [...]

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Hong Kong Agency Places 2,000 Domestic Workers for Free

The founder of a recruitment agency in Hong Kong believes that the city is on track to eliminate the exploitation of migrant domestic [...]

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