India
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Slavery
Twelve Children Rescued from Roadside Restaurants
A 7-year-old boy was among 12 children rescued by local authorities and NGO staff over the weekend, after spending months in bonded labour at a...
January 22
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Slavery
First Operation of 2021 Frees 41, Including 13 Children
In IJM’s first global rescue operation of the year, our team in India supported local authorities to free 41 people from bondage at a railway...
January 13
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Slavery
Boy Rescued and Returned Home after Three Years in Bonded Labour
Last weekend, IJM supported local officials and our casework partners to rescue a small 13-year-old boy who had been trapped in bonded labour slavery...
November 16
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Slavery
Kids and Parents Rescued After 5 Years in Bonded Labour
On Thursday, October 22, IJM worked with local authorities to rescue five families from bonded labour at a wood-cutting site, where many had been...
October 23
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Sex Trafficking
IJM and Partner Rescue Two Teen Girls from a Small-Town Brothel
On October 3, IJM assisted local authorities and a partner NGO in rescuing two minor girls from sex trafficking and arresting two suspects involved...
October 21
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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
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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
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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
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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