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Media Report Leads to Rescue of 150 from a Garment Factory
Ever since India’s COVID-19 lockdown began, the world has been rattled by the stories of millions of migrant labourers stranded far from their homes and growing desperate without money, food or shelter. In many cases, these workers have been trapped at factories and worksites—as brutal business owners take advantage of the pandemic to extract more and more forced labour. -
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Double Operation Frees 526 from Two Brick Kilns
The case began in mid-March when IJM received information about 282 migrant labourers held in bonded labour at a kiln in Tiruvallur District. These families were from the state of Odisha, in northern India, and had travelled south to Tamil Nadu state under the promise of good jobs and fair wages. They were given advance payments of 20,000 to 30,000 rupees for their work (USD 265-400), which then became escalating debts they would need to repay. -
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Sixty-Four Children Among Hundreds Rescued at Brick Kiln During Lockdown
Earlier this week, IJM assisted local authorities in rescuing 281 people from bonded labour at a massive brick kiln. This included 64 children of all ages who were forced to mould heavy bricks alongside their parents. This comes just one week after another operation in this same district freed 360 people from a similar brick kiln and raised critical awareness of migrant labourers trapped in southern India. -
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Urgent Rescue of 360 People Sparks Release of Nearly 7,000 from Brick Kilns
May 29, 2020 - This week, IJM helped Indian law enforcement rescue 360 people from bonded labour at a notoriously brutal brick kiln—which then led to the release of nearly 7,000 other migrant workers who had been trapped during the COVID-19 lockdown. -
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Freed from Fear: Rescue Operation at Three Eucalyptus Farms
BANGALORE, INDIA – Last week, IJM joined the Karnataka State Human Rights Commission (KSHRC) and local authorities on a rescue operation to free 50 people from bonded labour at three eucalyptus tree farms. -
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IJM Supports Authorities on an Inter-State Sex Trafficking Rescue Operation
On February 22, IJM supported police from two states as they worked together to rescue two minor girls from a cross-country sex trafficking ring. This case came from a partnership we are building with police in Baruipur District, just south of Kolkata. They had noticed a pattern of minor girls from their district being trafficked for sex to other places in India. Baruipur police worked closely with their counterparts in Pune—a city more than 1,100 miles away—to locate a brothel where many of these girls were being abused. -
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Local Authorities Take the Lead to Rescue 247 from Bondage at a Brick Kiln
CHENNAI, INDIA – On February 18, proactive government officials in southern India led a rescue operation to free 247 people—including 50 children—from a life of bonded labour slavery at a massive brick kiln. -
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Change is Happening: Officials Free 204 in a Single Day
BANGALORE, INDIA – Last week, IJM assisted local authorities in rescuing 204 children, women and men from two massive brick kilns near Bangalore. This is one of our largest joint operations ever and a promising sign of how the Indian government is stepping up against human trafficking in bold new ways.