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Alleged forced migrant labor trafficking investigated in California forests

4 August 2014, News10ABC.net Thousands of miles from home, stained with toxic chemicals and threatened with guns, workers say they couldn’t leave even if they wanted to. The migrant workers, all from Mexico, were in a foreign country and they say their passports had been confiscated by company supervisors. That’s part of a story told […]

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Work Without Fees Campaign: Migrant Workers Alliance for Change

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Migrant workers pay an equivalent of two years’ salaries in fees in their home countries to unscrupulous recruiters and agencies to come work in Canada. To pay these fees, entire families go into debt. Often times, when workers arrive here, work conditions and wages are not as they were promised or agreed to. With families

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Migration News: “South Asia: A Special Report”

Academic Research, Public, Research / Admin

October 2008 Volume 15 Number 4 Labor migration from South Asia mostly involves: (1) workers going to work with two- or three-year contracts to the Gulf oil exporters; (2) a high share of women leaving to be domestic helpers from countries such as Sri Lanka (and few women from Bangladesh and Pakistan); and, (3) heavy

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Statement: Strengthen Regulation of Foreign Labor Recruiters to Prevent Human Trafficking & Forced Labor

Research, Statements / Admin

ATEST: Alliance to End Slavery & Trafficking (USA) Legislation to strengthen regulation of foreign labor recruiters is an essential element in the prevention of human trafficking and forced labor. Labor recruiters are often complicit or directly involved in the trafficking of workers, exploiting U.S. nonimmigrant visa programs. These recruiters, who operate in a climate of

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