10/17/13, "New global index exposes 'modern slavery' worldwide," BBC
"Nearly 30 million people around the world are living as slaves, according to a new index ranking 162 countries. The Global Slavery Index 2013 says India has the highest number of people living in conditions of slavery at 14 million.
But Mauritania has the highest proportional figure with about 4% of its population enslaved. The report's authors hope it will help governments tackle what they call a "hidden crime".
'Better measure'
Estimated number of slaves
- India - 13,956,010
- China - 2,949,243
- Pakistan - 2,127,132
- Nigeria - 701,032
- Ethiopia - 651,110
- Russia - 516,217
- Thailand - 472,811
- DR Congo - 462,327
- Burma - 384,037
- Bangladesh - 343,192
The index was compiled by Australian-based rights organisation Walk Free Foundation using a definition of modern slavery that includes debt bondage, forced marriage and human trafficking.
"Those governments that want to engage with us, we will be very open to engaging and looking at ways in which we can better measure the issue of modern slavery."
The organisation's estimate of 29.8 million slaves worldwide is higher than other attempts to quantify modern slavery. The International Labour Organisation estimates that almost 21 million people are victims of forced labour.
India, China, Pakistan and Nigeria have the highest numbers of people enslaved, the charity said.
Proportional ranking
- Mauritania
- Haiti
- Pakistan
- India
- Nepal
- Moldova
- Benin
- Ivory Coast
- The Gambia
- Gabon
Together with five other
countries, they account for three-quarters of the total estimated number
of people in modern slavery worldwide.
While the highest proportion of slaves is in Mauritania, with many people inheriting slave status from their ancestors, Haiti is second in the index and Pakistan is third.
The new survey has the backing of world figures including former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, ex-British Prime Minister Tony Blair."...
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