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Indonesia investigates potential debt bondage among workers on U.K. farms
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Indonesia investigates potential debt bondage among workers on U.K. farms

ByEyes on Trafficking News

A taskforce is investigating the recruitment process of Indonesian workers who go to pick fruit on U.K. farms. Indonesia launched the investigation after laborers told the Guardian they took on debts of up to £5,000 to secure work on farms in Kent.   Debt raises risk of forced labor  Indonesian fruit pickers told the Guardian that…

Indonesia to investigate claims fruit pickers charged thousands to work in Kent
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Indonesia to investigate claims fruit pickers charged thousands to work in Kent

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Exclusive: Taskforce begins work after labourers told Guardian they faced huge debts to unlicensed brokers in Bali A presidential taskforce in Indonesia is investigating the recruitment of fruit pickers who say they took on debts of up to £5,000 to secure jobs in Kent. The Guardian revealed that Indonesian labourers harvesting berries on a farm that…