NightOwl@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago

‘We lie on the floor till someone buys us’: shocking allegations of UAE agencies’ abuse of domestic workers

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‘We lie on the floor till someone buys us’: shocking allegations of UAE agencies’ abuse of domestic workers

www.theguardian.com

NightOwl@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago

Women interviewed by the Guardian report agencies denying them food and passports, holding them captive, and ‘selling’ them on social media

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I remember reading a statistic that there are probably more slaves alive today than there ever existed in history.

https://amp.theguardian.com/news/2019/feb/25/modern-slavery-trafficking-persons-one-in-200

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