{"id":2518,"date":"2014-11-17T19:29:24","date_gmt":"2014-11-17T19:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/astraea.net\/blog\/?p=2518"},"modified":"2014-11-17T19:29:24","modified_gmt":"2014-11-17T19:29:24","slug":"were-all-living-next-to-slaves-36-million-of-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/were-all-living-next-to-slaves-36-million-of-them\/","title":{"rendered":"We’re ALL living next to slaves. 36 million of them."},"content":{"rendered":"

Walk Free published the 2014 Global Slavery Index<\/a> which makes for sad reading.\u00a0 167 countries have them, including some which really shouldn’t:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Japan<\/td>\n240 thousand<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
South Africa<\/td>\n110 thousand<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Singapore<\/td>\n5 thousand<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
USA<\/td>\n60 thousand<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Italy<\/td>\n11 thousand<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Germany<\/td>\n11 thousand<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
France<\/td>\n9 thousand<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
UK<\/td>\n8 thousand<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ireland<\/td>\n300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The report defines slaves as people subject to forced labour, debt bondage, trafficking, sexual exploitation for money and forced or servile marriage, none of which sounds like it should be acceptable in the countries above.<\/p>\n

What can you do?\u00a0 Be aware that it happens.\u00a0 Don’t turn a blind eye.\u00a0 And if you see signs of it, tell someone in authority.<\/p>\n

Global Slavery Index Report – findings<\/a><\/p>\n

Walk Free<\/a><\/p>\n

BBC: Almost 36m people live in modern slavery – report<\/a><\/p>\n

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Walk Free published the 2014 Global Slavery Index which makes for sad reading.\u00a0 167 countries have them, including some which really shouldn’t: Japan 240 thousand South Africa 110 thousand Singapore 5 thousand USA 60 thousand Italy 11 thousand Germany 11 thousand France 9 thousand UK 8 thousand Ireland 300 The report defines slaves as people …
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