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UK tied visa system ‘turning domestic workers into modern-day slaves’

17 March 2015

Dr Virginia Mantouvalou in the Guardian

Dr Virginia Mantouvalou tells the Guardian that “We are recreating kafala” in an article about research into the conditions of domestic workers who are brought to the UK under the Overseas Domestic Worker visa regime, ahead of a Commons debate on the Modern Slavery Bill. 

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/17/uk-tied-visa-system-turning-domestic-workers-into-modern-day-slaves