The United Nations’ International Labour Organization (ILO) said on Monday that the number of people trapped in forced labour or forced marriage and other crises has swelled by a fifth in recent years to about 50 million on any given day.
The study by the UN agencies for labour and migration along with the Walk Free Foundation found that at the end of last year, more than half of those had been forced to work against their will and the rest forced into marriage, the ILO said.
Atiewin Mbillah-Lawson has the details
