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January 9 - Risk Factors (Labor Trafficking Subcommittee)

1/9/2020

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According to the 2019 Trafficking in Persons report, low-wage migrant laborers in the U.S. are at particularly high risk to unsafe working conditions, exploitative hiring practices, and debt bondage—a form of human trafficking. Some recruiters exploit language barriers and other vulnerabilities of foreign nationals to facilitate human trafficking through unscrupulous practices including the worker-paid recruitment fees, misrepresentation of contract terms, contract switching, and destruction or confiscation of identity documents.
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    NHTAM 2020

    This year in observance of National Human Trafficking Awareness Month, the Task Force planned a Social Media Takeover. Members of each subcommittee of the Task Force worked hard to create educational content about human trafficking related to their different areas of experience and expertise. You can find all of the posts on this page! 

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