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Slavery is not just a
of the past. A report from the United Nations
the International Labour Organization (ILO) says about 50 million people are enslaved
. They are trapped in forced labour or
. The ILO said one in 150 people in the
is enslaved. This
increased by 20 per cent in the past
years. It is still growing because of the coronavirus
, climate change, and the cost of living crisis. These things have made many people
. The only way they can survive is to work in
conditions or be forced into unwanted marriages.