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…can vary. According to the International Labour Organisation a migrant worker living in India will on average have to pay £825.00 ($1,149) to the person recruiting him to go to…

The Indian government has released new data on human trafficking in the country, but campaigners say the estimates are far below that true scale of the problem. While the government…

…significant challenges, progress has been made in implementing survivor engagement and leadership. In India, a project has trained 50 female survivors to be campaigners in communities at high risk of…

Under India’s ancient social hierarchy system, Dalits – who are considered to be at the bottom of the caste system – continue to work for little or no pay in…

A BBC investigation this week uncovered claims of exploitation made by Indian factory workers that supply British supermarket chains Sainsbury’s, Tesco, and Marks and Spencer, as well as fashion brand…

Child labor is surging in India as a result of the school closures enforced to prevent the spread of COVID-19. India’s rates of child labor were already among the highest…

…being exacerbated by COVID-19, we are actually losing the capacity to address the crime.” Ruchira Gupta, an anti-trafficking leader in India, said the situation for trafficking victims in her country…

…equipment—despite the fact the city is currently at the center of a new coronavirus outbreak. Vidhathri Matety posed as a student from India and was hired on the spot; another…

West Bengal is the centre of human trafficking for domestic slavery in India today. With no law pertaining to placement agencies in West Bengal, children and women continue to fall…

Almost every family in India’s big cities has a regular maid. The maid who cooks, cleans, takes care of the children, irons clothes and completes other household work. The ‘bai’…