All articles tagged with #modern slavery
Originally Published 3 months ago — by BBC
The UK has deported its first migrant to France under the new 'one in, one out' returns deal, amid ongoing legal and political tensions surrounding migrant removals and claims of modern slavery, with some flights being canceled due to legal challenges.
Originally Published 3 months ago — by BBC
The UK Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, has vowed to fight against last-minute legal claims that temporarily blocked the deportation of an Eritrean migrant under the UK-France migrants returns deal, emphasizing her commitment to uphold immigration laws and deter illegal crossings.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by NPR
The world's 20 wealthiest economies, including the G-20, are responsible for fueling forced labor through global supply chains and state-imposed forced labor, accounting for about half of the people worldwide living in "modern slavery," according to a report by Walk Free. The countries imported $468 billion worth of products possibly made by forced labor, with the U.S. making up nearly $170 billion of that. Electronics, clothing, palm oil, solar panels, and textiles were the most "at risk" products. The 10 countries with the highest prevalence of modern slavery are North Korea, Eritrea, Mauritania, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Tajikistan, United Arab Emirates, Russia, Afghanistan, and Kuwait.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by The Washington Post
The United States is one of 17 countries that still practice state-sanctioned forced labor, according to a report by Walk Free, an Australian human rights organization, in collaboration with the United Nations’ International Labor Organization and International Organization for Migration. The report finds evidence of state-imposed forced labor in Belarus, Brazil, China, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mongolia, Myanmar, Poland, Russia, Rwanda, Turkmenistan, Vietnam, and Zimbabwe. Worldwide, government authorities forced some 3.9 million people to work in 2021, among an estimated 50 million people enslaved in involuntary labor or marriage, according to the report.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by Al Jazeera English
North Korea, Eritrea, and Mauritania have the highest prevalence of modern slavery in the world, according to the 2023 Global Slavery Index by Walk Free. The report notes a "worsening" situation globally since its last survey five years earlier, with an estimated 50 million people living in situations of modern slavery in 2021. The figure includes some 28 million people in forced labor and 22 million living in forced marriage. The report defines modern slavery as encompassing "forced labor, forced or servile marriage, debt bondage, forced commercial sexual exploitation, human trafficking, slavery-like practices, and the sale and exploitation of children."
Originally Published 2 years ago — by CNN
Nigerian senator Ike Ekweremadu, his wife, and a doctor have been sentenced to prison in the UK for their involvement in an organ harvesting plot. They were found guilty of trafficking a 21-year-old street trader to the UK to provide a kidney for the senator's daughter. This is the first conviction of its kind under Britain's modern slavery laws. The victim was promised work and a reward of up to £7,000 but was unaware that he was expected to provide a kidney in return. The medical consultant called off the transplant after becoming suspicious, and the victim fled and reported the plan to UK police.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by Euronews
A Nigerian senator and his wife have been found guilty in a London court of a plot to harvest the organs of a young man from Nigeria who was lured to the UK with the promise of a job. The couple arranged a visa for the victim and a private transplant at London's Royal Free Hospital, with a health tourism company acting as a go-between. The victim later escaped and reported the crime to the police. The couple and a third defendant, a doctor, were convicted of conspiracy to arrange/facilitate travel of another person with a view to exploitation – namely organ harvesting - under the Modern Slavery Act 2015.