Nearly 50 million people globally are living in 'modern slavery' on any given day, the United Nations revealed in a report Monday, marking a significant increase from the same assessment five years ago.
Nearly 50 million people globally are living in"modern slavery" on any given day, the United Nations revealed in a report Monday, marking a significant increase from the same assessment five years ago.
Modern slavery occurs in nearly every country, the report said. Over half of the forced labor cases and a quarter of forced marriages have been discovered in upper-middle-income or high-income countries, according to the joint study by ILO, the International Organization for Migration, and the international human rights group Walk Free.
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