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Africa
Study highlights increase in Child labour in Cote d’Ivoire
Child labour has increased in top grower Ivory Coast’s cocoa sector during its coronavirus lockdown, according to a report released on Wednesday by an industry-backed foundation. The percentage of children engaged in labour between mid-March and mid-May rose to 19.4% from 16% in the same period in recent years, according to a survey of over 1,400 households conducted by the…
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NEWS
UK visa system allows ‘slavery’
The UK visa system is enabling unscrupulous employers to treat foreign workers as modern-day slaves, a BBC investigation has found. BBC Radio 4’s Face the Facts spoke to dozens of workers who were paid little or nothing, were not allowed out and were sometimes abused or beaten. The situations come from “tied” visas – meaning the right to be in…
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