இங்கிலாந்தில் தொடரும் கருப்பினத்தவர் அடிமைமுறை

ஆப்பிரிக்க சிறுவர்களுக்கும் சிறுமிகளுக்கும் கல்வி தருகிறேன் என்றும் இதர வாக்குறுதிகளின் பேரில் இவர்களை கடத்திச் சென்று இங்கிலாந்தில் அடிமை வேலையாட்களாகவும் விபச்சாரத்துக்கும் பய்னபடுத்துகிறார்கள்.

இவர்களை ஏர்போர்ட் காபிக்கடைகளிலேயே வைத்து விலை பேசி விற்கிறார்கள் என்று பிபிஸி ஆராய்ச்சி செய்தி கூறுகிறது.

நன்றி ஆப்பிரிக்கா டுடே

The new form of slavery
08/31/07, Bunmi Akpata-Ohohe

Non-governmental organizations and human rights lawyers last month uncovered how hundreds of African children brought into the United Kingdom under bogus identities and tricked into leaving their families with the promise of an education, are being trafficked in the UK and forced to work as domestic slaves or prostitutes.

Behind closed and often protected doors, they work long hours for no cash, kept from the education promised them and beaten if they fail to do a satisfactory job. The NGOs and human rights bodies' findings reveal the alarming problem of what is described as "invisible children," illegally smuggled into the United Kingdom using false visas and documentations.

The findings suggest that hundreds of children are brought over from African countries, such as Nigeria, Ghana and Uganda, by highly organized traffickers. Nigeria is said to be the main source on the continent, where destitute families are either paid to give up their children or persuaded to give them away with a promise of education and a better future in the UK.

A BBC News website investigation into the slavery in the 21st Century England also reveals that young women, tricked into coming to the UK by their boyfriends, are being sold off in auctions at airport coffee shops as sex slaves, usually with no idea of their fate.