Migrant teens are “living the American nightmare”
From Ellie Finkelstein, Freedom United
| September 24, 2023 News Digest |
| OUR CAMPAIGN ISSUES IN THE NEWS |
Forced labor
Migrant teens are not living the American dream, they are “living the American nightmare”
They arrive with serious financial demands. Debts to smugglers, pressure to send money home to their families, as well as needing to support themselves. Desperate to start earning money and without adequate protections, migrant children are often particularly vulnerable to labor exploitation and debt bondage. And businesses know it. Read more..
Testimonies and complicity in the forced organ harvesting trade
The UK government missed an opportunity to confront and address their complicity in forced organ harvesting following a recent parliamentary debate around the Procurement Bill. Instead, they let down Falon Gong and Uyghur people who continue to be tortured and killed for the purpose of having their organs illegally sold. Read more…
Incarcerated workers take prison officials to court over forced labor in Louisiana
Forced labor allegations in Louisiana’s prison system are widespread. Incarcerated people in Louisiana are forced to perform physically demanding tasks such as hoeing, weeding, and manual crop picking at gunpoint on former slave plantations – even when temperatures rise to 100 degrees and higher. Read more…
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