EXCLUSIVE-Hundreds of Thai workers found dying in South Korea with numbers rising

More than 522 Thai migrants have died in South Korea since 2015, according to data revealed by the Thomson Reuters Foundation

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Cambodia adds human trafficking lessons to schools

The new lessons will help students understand the different forms of human trafficking, the roles of schools and communities in prevention, and the relevant laws and rights


Hunting for new jobs, India's migrant workers learn new skills online

Startups, charities and social enterprises help millions of pandemic-hit workers prepare to return to the labour market


Pay cuts and forced overtime: COVID-19 takes heavy toll on Ethiopia's garment workers

Workers report further worsening of conditions as short-staffed factories try to recover orders lost early in the pandemic


Asian migrant workers locked up, dumped as coronavirus curbs ease

Authorities must commit to better migrant housing and reform the law to free up visas tied to employers


Satellites used to expose risks of forced labour in global fishing

Groundbreaking model uses remote sensing data, machine learning, and human rights expertise to shed light on slavery at sea


Brazil investigates rescue of maid enslaved for nearly 40 years

Brazilian woman was enslaved at the age of eight and forced into marriage, officials say


Hundreds of Lebanon's most vulnerable migrant maids flown home, many more wait

Charities have been helping to repatriate stranded domestic workers, but thousands are still waiting to return home


UK slavery museum pulls sex trafficking exhibition after backlash

International Slavery Museum’s partnership with Exodus Cry caused concern among anti-trafficking advocates


Will Cambodia's garment sector rebound after 'horror year'?

Hit by coronavirus and EU tariffs, manufacturers say clothes industry will bounce back in 2021


Half of Brazil's child labourers work in dangerous conditions

Children work illegally in Brazil in the sex trade, trafficking drugs and handling heavy machinery


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Malaysia's Top Glove says will no longer fire whistleblowers; opens helplines for workers

Top Glove vowed that whistleblowers raising concerns about COVID-safe working conditions will no longer be fired, and has set up helplines for aggrieved workers


Malaysian glove maker denies its workers are living in shipping containers

The Malaysian glove maker denied ministry official claims that hundreds of workers are living in slave-like conditions in squalid shipping containers behind the factory


Apple says no new business for supplier Wistron after India plant violence

Contract workers angry over unpaid wages destroyed property, factory gear and iPhones at the plant early on Dec. 12


Initial investigation of Apple supplier Wistron India violence finds 'labour violations'

An audit of Apple supplier Wiston found "several labour law violations" hours after angry workers protesting non-payment of wages broke equipment at the site


Trinidad to impose stiffer penalties on trafficking of Venezuelans

Trinidad and Tobago said it would crack down on those trafficking migrants from Venezuela, after mass migration of millions followed humanitarian crisis in the country


U.S. labor board claims Amazon illegally fired warehouse worker

This is at least the second time Amazon has allegedly violated labor law during the pandemic, as employees increasingly raise concerns over work conditions



Opinion

OPINION: Women's financial inclusion can help tackle "bride trafficking" from Cambodia to China

Women have been forced to weigh the known risks of marriage migration against their financial situation. Their conclusion is that better wages abroad is always worth the risk


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