What is modern slavery? Is it true that in the 21st century it is still a question of human trafficking, their lack of rights and freedom to dispose of their life and work? Unfortunately, this happens. Also, the calculation of the slavery index includes forced labor, involuntary arranged marriages, characteristic of many countries, debt and credit bondage, and other relations that violate the principles of equality of people and their rights to their own dignity and freedom.
According to studies, about 10 world countries are “suppliers” of up to 60% of slaves worldwide. This list includes India, China, Russia, Nigeria, the Philippines, Congo and others.
It is believed that in modern slavery more than 40 million people live. For example, in India, where there is a huge population (1.3 billion), there are 8 million modern slaves - several large cities of involuntary people! And in North Korea, it is estimated that one in ten can work forcibly.
Just a few weeks ago, the United States government showed annual data on human trafficking in 187 countries. Russia and Ukraine do not value the work of their citizens, so they were shifted to several dozen places in the ranking. But North Korea, Afghanistan, Sudan, Iran and many other countries with a low per capita income and difficult conditions for women continue to “lead” the list of slave owners.
Consider the TOP 10 countries in which personal freedom, rights and human labor are literally depreciated to the level of the slave system.
10. Iran
There are about 16 slaves per thousand population. Technological development, advantageous geographical position in Eurasia, huge reserves of expensive natural gas and oil give the country the opportunity to grow rich and increase economic stability, organize new jobs. Nevertheless, against the backdrop of industrialization and oil production, the hard and low-paid labor of wage earners flourishes. The latter are forced to work in adverse conditions for the extraction of non-ferrous and ferrous metals, oil, gas and coal, risk life in mines, breathe fumes in oil refineries and petrochemical plants. Salaries are hardly enough to pay for housing and food for the family.
9. Cambodia
Here the number of slaves per thousand population tends to 17. Basically, the country's economy is built on the textile industry and tourism. The country received a guaranteed quota for the supply of clothing from the States, so workers massively ruin their health and eyesight at factories for making clothes and manufacturing accessories, for which they receive an unsatisfactory salary. About 350 thousand people are involved in the production and sale of clothing.
8. Pakistan
In this country, the slavery rate is similar to Cambodia. A large state in South Asia is an industrial and agricultural one, due to which there is a multilevel and developed economy. Agriculture plays a huge role, providing about 21% of all GNP produced by the country. But the motivational support of farmers and farmers is insufficient - people work for wear and tear for small salaries that do not allow providing decent rest and living conditions.
7. South Sudan
For every thousand - 20 modern slaves. A large African state is focused on the production and sale of oil. However, pipelines are mainly controlled by North Sudan, providing an export product. A massive “cut” of the budget and income from the sale of “liquid gold” occurs at the tops of these countries, while the work of an ordinary person is exploited and paid inappropriately.
6. Mauritania
There are about 21 people per thousand people who work in unsatisfactory conditions and are infringed on their civil rights. A small country in western Africa is washed by the Atlantic Ocean, which, if properly managed, would make it possible to earn money on tourism, when everyone is interested in fruitful work and the provision of quality services for visitors. But Mauritania is one of the most undeveloped world countries, and its state does not prosecute slaveholders at the legislative level. Officially, slavery was abolished back in the 80s, and additionally in 2007, but this does not prevent about 20% of Berbers from holding slaves, mainly consisting of blacks. The latter do not have political, economic, and even personal freedoms and rights; born children are still automatically transferred to the masters' property.
5. Afghanistan
The number of slaves tends to 22 per thousand population. A large state in the center of Asia is very poor, has no access to the sea and opportunities to earn tourism. Basically, the country depends on subsidies from foreign unions and investments, it is ready to sell its people in economic and debt bondage.
4. Central African Republic
The coefficient of modern slavery is close to Afghanistan. The state in the center of Africa also has no access to the sea or ocean. The specific hot climate does not make it possible to engage in normal farming and cattle breeding, develop the economy, and extract useful resources. Maybe that's why this is one of the most unpopulated areas of Africa, as well as one of the poorest. People simply have no choice - in order not to die of starvation themselves and not to kill children, they are ready to work for a penny, while women and men, as well as children, are equally involved in slave labor. At the same time, the country has the preconditions for prosperity, but deposits of diamonds, gold, oil, uranium, etc. are developed by foreign prospectors, taking cash flow from the country.
3. Burundi
There are about 40 slaves in the country per 1000 people. It is a small area in eastern Africa, and is also one of the undeveloped countries of the world with a high level of poverty (more than 50% of people live below its poverty line). To survive in difficult economic, social and climatic conditions, people are engaged in black labor, mainly cultivating 50% of the territory (arable land) and raising livestock (36%). The rest of Burundi is of little use for economic and agricultural activities.
2. Eritrea
One of the highest rates of slavery according to the American rating is up to 93 people per 1000 population. In this country, various forms of economic and social slavery are noted: child and forced labor, trafficking in persons and their organs, forced marriage, involuntary work of prisoners. A small state in eastern Africa has access to the Red Sea, which could allow tourism to develop in the country. The American Human Rights Agency calls Eritrean power and laws one of the worst and most inhumane in relation to the population. The government, in turn, speaks of the politicization of such conclusions.
1. North Korea
So we got to the leader of the foreign rating. In the north of Korea, more than 104 people per thousand people are in involuntary labor. The country in eastern Asia has a mixed economy, in which the state directly intervenes, making working conditions unfavorable and disadvantageous for the population. The country is isolated from various unions and the world as a whole, does not give out any ratings or statistics that would allow it to assess the standard of living of the population, satisfaction with its social and political situation.
So in the modern world there are tyrant states that exploit human labor to replenish the budget and enrich those in power. The hostages of financial bondage, many people have been accustomed to hard labor since childhood, and the worst, consider this situation normal and mundane.