Casework
Bonded Labour
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90 people free from abusive brick kiln in South Asia
These families had been forced to work at the kiln for seven months. A middleman had enticed them with generous advance payments—but the kiln owner used these advances as ever-growing debts the labourers could never repay. -
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Girls calling for an end to trafficking: Ranjita's story
11th October is International Day of the Girl Child, a day dedicated to promoting the rights and wellbeing of girls. At IJM we're committed to empowering girls who have experienced trafficking or violence to pursue their dreams and to contribute towards a more just world - and Ranjita is leading the way! -
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Trafficked, widowed, now free: Sandeep's story
Once trapped in bonded labour, today this family is full of hope – and Sandeep is speaking out as a survivor leader. -
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Revisiting Worksites Shows IJM's Criminal Deterrence Method is Proving Sustainable and Effective
Revisiting six cases demonstrates IJM's model for criminal deterrence is proving effective. Effective law enforcement—including arresting, charging and convicting perpetrators—creates a long-term preventative effect among offenders and is now curbing exploitation in these worksites and others. -
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Three Families Freed from Abusive Brick Kiln by Proactive Officials
SOUTH ASIA – Authorities in south Asia have freed 11 people—including four children—from bonded labour at a brick kiln, where they had been forced to work for two years in brutal conditions under a powerful owner. -
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Fourteen Children and Teens Brought to Safety from Bonded Labour at an Abusive Plastics Factory
Late Thursday evening, an IJM partner helped authorities free 14 trafficking survivors from a plastics factory where they had been forced to work for the last eight months. -
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40 People Freed from Bonded Labour at a Road Construction Site
HYDERABAD, India – Last month, IJMs casework partner Foundation for Sustainable Development (FSD) supported the local government in bringing 40 people to safety from bonded labour. The 40 individuals, including 11 children, had been in bondage for two years constructing a major highway. -
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Eighteen Freed from Bonded Labour at a Rajasthan Brick Kiln, Including 10 Children
These families had been working at the kiln since October 2020, when a trafficker lured them with promises of good jobs and fair wages. This trafficker then absconded with payment advances that were meant for the labourers. -
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Business-Owner Guilty for Holding Nine in Bonded Labour
On March 30, a judge in South Asia convicted a local at wood-cutting business owner for holding nine people in brutal bonded labour in a tree-cutting business. Some had been enslaved there for up to 15 years until they were rescued in July 2012. -
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41 Freed from Bonded Labour in IJM's First Rescue Operation of 2021
In IJMs first global rescue operation of the year, our team in India supported local authorities to free 41 people from bondage at a railway construction site in Odisha. This included 13 young children who lived at the site with their parents. -
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Five families freed from bonded labour at a wood-cutting site
Five families, including young children, have been freed from bonded labour at a wood-cutting site, where they faced physical and sexual violence for five years, thanks to IJM and local authorities. -
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Mallesh: Story Update
Mallesh was 8 years old when he was brutally enslaved on a rose farm. Today, he’s choosing to use his freedom to free others. He said: “I want to have the power to help others. Imagine putting a full stop to child labour."