UK urged to stop cotton imports made in Chinese 'prison camps'

Lawyers say big brands are selling goods made with forced labour in Uighur detention camps

'I find solace in songs': An Indian garment worker on life under lockdown

"I don't know if I want to stay and work here. I will wait for the lockdown to finally end and then decide. Till then, I have my songs."

Nepal's top court orders rescue of migrant workers stranded abroad

Court says Nepal’s government must repatriate vulnerable migrant workers after it closed its borders even to its own citizens

Italy's lockdown labour crunch sparks fears of mafia exploitation

Under the so-called "caporalato" system, migrants are forced to work long hours in the fields, underpaid, and subjected to violence

'Packed like sardines': Coronavirus exposes cramped migrant housing

A surge of infections in dormitories and slums has highlighted the squalid conditions in which migrant workers live

Bangladesh threatens legal action as thousands of garment workers go unpaid

Government says tens of thousands of workers have yet to be given their March wages after a coronavirus lockdown shut factories

Indian farm workers broke, uncertain as rural lockdown eased

As India eases its tough coronavirus lockdown for farmers, some agricultural workers say they didn’t know they could return to the fields after weeks without income

Spain provides lockdown support for trafficking victims, prostitutes

Spanish government ensures victims of trafficking and prostitutes receive financial and medical help during coronavirus lockdown

Top fashion brands found making little progress in transparency index

H&M, C&A, Adidas, Reebok and Esprit top index ranking fashion brands on information they disclose about social and environmental policies, practices and outcomes

Death of 12-year-old Indian farm worker spurs child labour probe

Officials launch investigation after child worker dies during walk home following coronavirus lockdown in India

Mexican crime gangs branching into illegal logging, researchers warn

Young men from in northern Mexico kidnapped and forced to work in the logging sector, researchers find

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Bangladesh garment workers pack streets to demand wages during coronavirus lockdown

Hundreds of workers flout social distancing rules in the streets of Bangladesh, demanding work and wages during shutdown

Malaysia detains two suspected Rohingya for alleged migrant smuggling

Hundreds of Rohingya attempt the perilous voyage to Malaysia on overcrowded, rickety vessels each year, lured by human traffickers

OPINION: Pandemic exacerbates situation for domestic migrant workers, many victims of modern slavery

UK government urgently needs to support migrant domestic workers and victims of modern slavery, as COVID-19 increases risk for exploitation

OPINION: The fashion industry must learn from coronavirus

COVID-19 has highlighted the fragile interconnectedness of garment supply chains, with a crisis in one country having painful consequences for workers in others