Dozens of slave children
ride in the back of a police vehicle after they were apprehended at Seme Border,
Nigeria.
A new report claiming to be the most
comprehensive look at global slavery says 30 million people are living as
slaves around the world.
The Global Slavery Index, published by the
Australia-based Walk Free Foundation, lists India as the country with by far
the most slaves, with an estimated nearly 14 million, followed by China (2.9
million) and Pakistan (2.1 million).The top 10 countries on its list of shame accounted for more than three quarters of the 29.8 million people living in slavery, with Nigeria, Ethiopia, Russia, Thailand, Democratic Republic of Congo, Myanmar and Bangladesh completing the list.
In terms of countries with the highest of proportion of slaves, Mauritania in West Africa topped the table, with about 4% of its 3.4 million people enslaved, and followed by Haiti, Pakistan, India and Nepal.
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1 comment:
Slaves. This day and age? What a
shame. We need Τ̲̅ȍ do better.
Our kids should be in school n not
working as slaves.
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