Can you believe that in Malaysia today there is human trafficking and modern-day slavery? Recently, CNN has been looking into modern day slavery activates in Penang. Many people are outraged by this and feel that ending modern day slavery practices is worth fighting for! Do You! In this blog/article I will be talking about modern day slavery and human trafficking.
There was a story of a teenage girl “19” from Cambodia. She was sold from an agency that would get over to Malaysia for $500 a week. That sounded great to her because she could some many for her self and help her family since they were poor. The agency had also agreed to by for flight ticket to Malaysia. Then when she gets to Malaysia it turns out that she only gets $160 a week and then she has to pay for the plane ticket. Then she is kept in Malaysia 10+ years until she only just get back to her home in Cambodia.
How does it actually feel like to be a human trafficking and modern-day slavery?
For most of the modern-day slaves is that they are promised a good pay. They get sent for away from their homes, families or friends. The slaves are forced to work between 12-15 hours of hard labor a day. It takes many years until they the money to get back home or away from the factories. For many it may take long to get away because the agency is paying for the room and food. The biggest problem for the modern-day slaves is that they get their passports taken away from them, this mean that they will not get the chance to go away.
The likely hood for these modern-day slaves and human trafficking in Malaysia is very low for a chance of freedom. Now you can help support and think about the men, women, boys and girls that are being held through labor and human trafficking. This inspires me because believe it is not right to keep someone in for work for 12 hours everyday for every low pay. These life styles will ruin every modern-day salve for the rest of their lives.
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