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Driven Away: Trafficking of Kachin Women on the China-Burma Border
August 20, 2022

Driven Away: Trafficking of Kachin Women on the China-Burma Border

An alarming trend is developing in ethnic Kachin communities of Burma. Growing poverty, caused by failed state policies, is driving …

Each and Every Child: Understanding and Working With Children in the Poorest and most Difficult Situations
August 20, 2022

Each and Every Child: Understanding and Working With Children in the Poorest and most Difficult Situations

This report discusses the challenges that confront Plan and other child-focused organisations as they seek to assist those children whose …

August 19, 2022

When Human Trafficking and Terrorism Connect: Dangers and Dilemmas

A 19-year-old who was 15 when she left East London to travel to ISIS in Syria made headlines last week, as she …

August 19, 2022

‘A total lie’: Mexican engineers say they were misled into manual labor in Ga. factories

Georgia-based companies recruited Mexican college graduates for engineering work – but they allegedly had them perform assembly line work instead. …

August 19, 2022

Suspected modern slavery victims in UK ‘at highest quarterly level on record’

The number of suspected modern slavery victims in the UK has risen to its highest quarterly level on record, figures …

August 19, 2022

Revealed: Indonesian workers on UK farm ‘at risk of debt bondage’

A technician operates an agricultural machine in the strawberry sheds at Clock House farm. Photograph: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg/Getty As farms look further …

Solar Panels Piling Up at US Border on Xinjiang Forced Labor Law
August 19, 2022

Solar Panels Piling Up at US Border on Xinjiang Forced Labor Law

Roth Capital says 3 gigawatts of modules have been held Disruption in trade may slow renewables expansion in America Solar …

August 19, 2022

Papua New Guinea’s undocumented children face ‘perfect storm of vulnerability’

A girl runs towards her home in Port Moresby. A survey in the Papua New Guinea capital found a high …

UN Expert Says East Turkistan Forced Labor Claims ‘Reasonable’
August 19, 2022

UN Expert Says East Turkistan Forced Labor Claims ‘Reasonable’

Location of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China. Source: Wikipedia Commons. A United Nations slavery expert has found claims of …

Eastern DRC: Stop Fixating on Conflict Minerals
August 16, 2022

Eastern DRC: Stop Fixating on Conflict Minerals

Hardship continues for artisanal miners in eastern DRC’s Nyabibwe, one of the few sites included in transnational traceability schemes to …