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UN expert says contemporary forms of slavery affecting minority communities, urges action
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UN expert says contemporary forms of slavery affecting minority communities, urges action

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GENEVA (15 September 2022) – Minority communities in all regions of the world are subjected to contemporary forms of slavery, a UN expert said in a report presented to the Human Rights Council today. “Deep-rooted and systematic discrimination often resulting from historical legacies such as slavery, colonisation, systems of inherited status, and formalised and State-sponsored…

Child labour, caste discrimination closely linked in India: UN reportSEXI News
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Child labour, caste discrimination closely linked in India: UN reportSEXI News

ByEyes on Trafficking News

United Nations: Child labour, caste-based discrimination and poverty are closely linked in India, according to a United Nations report that highlighted contemporary forms of slavery, including severe discrimination against Dalit women in South Asia, that led them to All areas are systematically denied choices and freedoms. Life Tomoya Obokata, Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights…

Sending asylum-seekers from Britain to Rwanda is human trafficking, an advocate says – West Virginia Public Broadcasting
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Sending asylum-seekers from Britain to Rwanda is human trafficking, an advocate says – West Virginia Public Broadcasting

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Updated June 14, 2022 at 8:07 PM ET Great Britain’s plan to send asylum-seekers from Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Syria and elsewhere on a plane to Rwanda constitutes human trafficking, an activist argues. Nearly a dozen people were scheduled to board a flight Tuesday, but the flight was halted after last-minute injunctions from the European Court…

Trapped at sea: how U.K. migration policies drive exploitation in fishing
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Trapped at sea: how U.K. migration policies drive exploitation in fishing

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Imagine being trapped on a boat with no toilets or showers, facing sea conditions that the vessel is not fit for. This is the reality of James*, a migrant fisherman working in the U.K.   What bothers him most is the cold; there is no heater and temperatures drop below 0°C (32° F). But James…