A hundred
years ago, Britain had a very rich slave trade. Today, many western countries
have a very rich slave trade. The only difference was that Governments and
Institutions were way more honest than they are today. Everyone knows everyone
wants a one-up from the other, including countries, and on a molecular level,
this is also true.
UK today has
become a central hub for modern slavery, according to critics, as a report by
the Human Rights Watch reveals that new amendments on immigrant working Visas restrict them to only one employer, who subject them to physical and
psychological abuse. Domestic workers, from Asia, Morocco and other countries,
are “tied down” to their employers alone, who could confiscate their personal belongings
and information, trap them inside houses and have them work abusive schedules
without proper nourishment.
The research
showed how immigrant domestic workers were treated in a “slave like” manner.
Most interviewees described that they were threatened deportation if they set
foot outside the house unaccompanied or if anybody else knew about their
predicament. Some of them were physically and sexually harassed by their
employers. Others said that their pay had been withheld by their employers, and
sometimes they do not receive their payment at all.
UK
immigration laws, which push many immigrants to “carry their own weight,” was
pushed by the UK Home Office to ensure that “each citizen of the United Kingdom
plays their part.”
