Debt Bondage

Peonage, also known as debt slavery or bonded labour, is the pledge of a person's services as security for the repayment for a debt or other obligation, where the terms of the repayment are not clearly or reasonably stated, and the person who is holding the debt thus has some control over the laborer. Freedom is assumed on debt repayment. The services required to repay the debt may be undefined, and the services' duration may be undefined, thus allowing the person supposedly owed the debt to demand services indefinitely. Debt bondage can be passed on from generation to generation.Currently, debt …

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EPRS: European Parliamentary Research Service · 26 November 2024 English

Human trafficking is a serious crime and a violation of human rights. It has been on the rise because of increasing mobility, the spread of internet use and the generally …

psychological control, forced confinement, and debt bondage to those who arranged their passage. Women


The Australia Institute · 13 November 2024 English

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), for example, has described the scheme as a “triple win” for Australia, PALM workers, and those workers’ countries of origin.4 Such framings …

at serious risk of modern slavery, including debt bondage, forced labour and human trafficking.14 TAX


Mixed Migration Centre · 13 November 2024 English

from their wages (particularly in interviewed with a source of income were working in cases of debt bondage).43 the construction sector at the time of the interview. [...] Indeed, 84% of respondents who

a source of income were working in cases of debt bondage).43 the construction sector at the time of the


Mixed Migration Centre · 8 November 2024 English

Mixed migration in the Western Balkans: Shifting policies, smuggling dynamics PAPER and risks AUGUST 2024 This research paper examines evolving smuggling dynamics and the protection risks faced by refugees and …

financial characterized by coercion and hardship and debt bondage.” exploitation, with smugglers Key informant


Eurojust: European Union's Judicial Cooperation Unit · 6 November 2024 English

The third meeting of the THB Focus Group: - brought together specialised prosecutors and investigating judges from the EU Member States, third countries and representatives from Eurojust, the European Commission, …

nature. Non-EU victims are often forced into debt bondage. There is increased use of short-stay facilities withholding of victims’ identity documents, debt bondage and language barriers were mentioned as the


UN: The United Nations · 30 October 2024 English

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signs of coercion, such as passport retention, debt bondage, non-payment of wages and forced confinement


IOM: International Organization for Migration · 24 October 2024 English

Trafficking in persons refers to “(t)he recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or Trafficking in persons / other forms …

as well as more broadly within • Fines and debt-bondage border management and other migration governance


McKell Institute · 22 October 2024 English

including addressing IUU, particularly The Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions In 2001, following a two-year consultation period, of the United Nations Convention on the Law the FAO officially …

this information.90 encompasses "forced labour, debt bondage, forced marriage, slavery and slavery-like practices


Walk Free · 22 October 2024 English

Nanchong, China, April 2024 To gain an understanding of how the electronics sector is Workers produce electronic complying with these obligations, Walk Free and Wikirate products at a workshop have …

conditions in factories. Workers are vulnerable to debt bondage, illegal overtime, wage theft, and hazardous


Amnesty International · 20 October 2024 English

This report documents labour abuse and exploitation in Carrefour’s franchised facilities in Saudi Arabia. It find that migrant workers employed by labour supply companies and put to work in Carrefour …

risk of workers ending up in situations of debt bondage, whereby an individual is forced to work to situations of debt bondage, whereby an individual is forced to work to pay off debts. Debt bondage is an indicator detailed analysis of risks to migrant workers of debt bondage and other abusive recruitment practices, see: of identity documents; withholding of wages; debt bondage; abusive working and living conditions; and identity documents • Withholding of wages • Debt bondage • Abusive working and living conditions • Excessive


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