Human Traffickers Luring Workers to Iraq

Lisa Schlein

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says it is extremely worried about new patterns of labor exploitation and human trafficking emerging in Iraq. It says some of the workers are taken against their knowledge to Iraq and others are falsely lured there by promises of good-paying jobs. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from IOM headquarters in Geneva. The International Organization for Migration has just repatriated five Sri Lankan migrants it says had been working under conditions of servitude in Irbil in northern Iraq. The IOM says this brings to 30 the number of Sri Lankans the agency has helped since February...

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