Forced Labour: Facts and Figures - The Cost of Coercion, Regional Perspectives: ASIA
Asia accounts for by far the biggest share of the world’s forced labourers. Many are migrants, either from elsewhere in Asia or their home country. Research has also shown the existence of forced labour in sectors that had escaped previous attention, including Thailand’s shrimp, fishing and seafood processing industries and shrimp production in Bangladesh.
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Type Fact sheet Date issued 2009 Unit responsible Communication and Public Information Subjects forced labour Download English - pdf 46 KB