Coronavirus risks making labour exploitation the “new normal”, UN warns
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Governments must act swiftly to ensure labour exploitation does not become the “new normal” as the coronavirus pandemic fuels abuses in sectors from tourism and agriculture to the sex trade, a United Nations expert warned on Thursday. UN special rapporteur Maria Grazia Giammarinaro said the abuse of vulnerable workers – such […]
Africa’s trafficking gangs flourish as nations fail to work together
Thomson Reuters Foundation Trafficking gangs are flourishing across Africa through the exploitation of hundreds of thousands of migrants, yet nations are failing to dismantle networks due to a lack of coordination, the United Nations said on Monday. More than 800,000 people are trafficked across international borders annually – often duped with promises of a better […]