Resources

Sri Lankan diplomat guilty of labor exploitation says Australian Court
August 30, 2024

Sri Lankan diplomat guilty of labor exploitation says Australian Court

Sri Lankan diplomat Himalee Arunatilaka has been ordered by the Federal Court of Australia to pay back wages to her …

Hundreds of refugee children in U.K. have vanished and U.N. raises the alarm
August 30, 2024

Hundreds of refugee children in U.K. have vanished and U.N. raises the alarm

After arriving unaccompanied in the U.K. and being placed in asylum hotels hundreds of refugee children have vanished. Many are …

Economic strife and conflict are fueling modern slavery in the DRC
August 30, 2024

Economic strife and conflict are fueling modern slavery in the DRC

The Global Slavery Index estimates that there are about 407,000 people enduring modern slavery in the Democratic Republic of Congo. …

Nigerian women lured and exploited in Ivory Coast by the thousands
August 30, 2024

Nigerian women lured and exploited in Ivory Coast by the thousands

Thousands of Nigerian women and girls, some as young as 13, are being trafficked to towns and cities in Ivory …

Carrying the Olympic Torch: the end of a modern slavery survivor’s journey
August 30, 2024

Carrying the Olympic Torch: the end of a modern slavery survivor’s journey

In what would have once been only a dream, Mohammed Zaman, a survivor of modern slavery, carried the Olympic torch …

Profits and Poverty: The Economics of Forced Labor
August 27, 2024

Profits and Poverty: The Economics of Forced Labor

US$236 billion. This is the obscene level of annual profit generated from forced labour in the world today. This figure …

Trafficking and the Olympics: the true cost of the games
August 24, 2024

Trafficking and the Olympics: the true cost of the games

We explore the French authorities’ “social cleansing” efforts to project a polished image for Paris 2024, and how they have …

Inside the human trafficking scandal rocking Scotland’s fishing industry
August 23, 2024

Inside the human trafficking scandal rocking Scotland’s fishing industry

A harrowing BBC investigation has unveiled that dozens of workers from the Philippines, Ghana, India, and Sri Lanka may have been trafficked …

Propaganda as a weapon: China’s using tourism to paint over genocide
August 23, 2024

Propaganda as a weapon: China’s using tourism to paint over genocide

Over the last decade the Chinese government has used surveillance, detention and forced labor to suppress resistance from Uyghurs. The Diplomat reports …

New U.K. policies ignore past lessons and still failing migrants
August 23, 2024

New U.K. policies ignore past lessons and still failing migrants

The U.K. government’s recent announcement of hostile immigration policies has outraged campaigners and experts, who argue these measures endanger migrants …