Slavery
Slavery
COVID Crisis Drives Up Child Labour and Forced Labour in Textiles Industry
Recent rescue operations in the booming textiles industry of Tamil Nadu state have brought to light the way business owners are taking advantage of...
August 25
Slavery
Ten-Year-Old Boy Freed from Goat Grazing
An expansive search has led to the safe rescue of Vignesh,* a 10-year-old boy who has spent the last two years enslaved at a goat farm.
Vignesh...
August 24
Slavery
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...
June 08
Slavery
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...
June 04
Slavery
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...
May 29
Slavery
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...
May 27
Slavery
Unsafe in Lockdown: Migrant Labourers, Already Vulnerable to Modern Slavery, Now Dangerously Exposed
“I wasn’t ready. There was no sign. We were doing our job in the morning, and then we were told to leave the factory later that afternoon. Our...
May 05
Slavery
Rescue at Sea: Five Fishermen Free
Five fishermen are now free from forced labour and human trafficking after being rescued by Thailand's Department of Special Investigation (DSI) with...
April 02
Slavery
IJM and Survivor Leaders Reaching Out on COVID-19 Spread
As the world races to stem the spread of COVID-19, IJM's team in Chennai has been working with local leaders in the Released Bonded Labourers’...
March 27