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**WeissVine** · 06-24-2011, 03:37 AM

Yes, it does.

Human trafficking is a form of slavery and many people, especially women and children are held against their will and forced into manual labor or for prostitution. This most probably isn't about race but economic in nature.

In the Philippines, thousands of Filipinas are lured into the false promise of a job in a foreign country, like Thailand, Malaysia or Indonesia. Once they arrive there, a lot of these young women are surprised that they end up working in a brothel or become a maid/ slave with no pay. Well...they do get paid but their "agency" gets the money to pay off their passports, transportation, lodging, etc.

I get the impression (and it may be exaggerated) that there are lots of Filipinas in the Middle Eastern countries working as household laborers.
I also get the impression that many of those countries have a different attitude towards there workers, I've seen some harsh videos.
, I'm not trying to make any generalizations based on a few videos, btw, but it would be interesting to hear from any posters familiar with that topic.

BTW, tons of Filipinas in the medical field here.

---------- Post added 2011-06-23 at 19:38 ----------

Slavery still exists ....

Please expand, slavery in the historically traditional sense, or the much broader modern and liberal sense?

06-24-2011, 03:37 AM	#15
WeissVine Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 533 Senior Member	Yes, it does. Human trafficking is a form of slavery and many people, especially women and children are held against their will and forced into manual labor or for prostitution. This most probably isn't about race but economic in nature. In the Philippines, thousands of Filipinas are lured into the false promise of a job in a foreign country, like Thailand, Malaysia or Indonesia. Once they arrive there, a lot of these young women are surprised that they end up working in a brothel or become a maid/ slave with no pay. Well...they do get paid but their "agency" gets the money to pay off their passports, transportation, lodging, etc. I get the impression (and it may be exaggerated) that there are lots of Filipinas in the Middle Eastern countries working as household laborers. I also get the impression that many of those countries have a different attitude towards there workers, I've seen some harsh videos. , I'm not trying to make any generalizations based on a few videos, btw, but it would be interesting to hear from any posters familiar with that topic. BTW, tons of Filipinas in the medical field here. ---------- Post added 2011-06-23 at 19:38 ---------- Slavery still exists .... Please expand, slavery in the historically traditional sense, or the much broader modern and liberal sense?
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