UN: Number of people forced into modern slavery around 50mn amid surge in poverty
A new UN report says 50 million people around the world are trapped in forced labor, and their number has grown dramatically in recent years.
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A new UN report says 50 million people around the world are trapped in forced labor, and their number has grown dramatically in recent years.
The pandemic, armed conflicts, climate change have exacerbated conditions, trapping people in forced labour or marriage.
The number of people forced into modern forms of slavery by poverty and other crises has risen by a fifth in recent years to around 50 million on any given day, the U.N.
More than half of forced labour happens in richer countries, with women and children most at risk.
Fifty million people around the world are trapped in forced labour or forced marriage, the UN said on Monday, warning that the ranks of these victims of modern forms of slavery had swelled dramatically…