Inside Pakistan’s brick kilns where millions are trapped in modern-day slavery, working dangerous jobs to pay off snowballing debts

  • In Pakistan, families are forced to make over 1,500 bricks a day to repay loans from the kiln owners.
  • However, they are not told how much they owe, how long they must work, or how much interest is being attached to their loans.
  • As this form of debt bondage spreads around the world, NGOs are working to free millions from modern-day slavery. 

Published in BUSINESS INSIDER on April 15, 2023 https://www.businessinsider.com/pakistan-brick-kilns-debt-bondage-modern-day-slavery-2023-4?utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=topbar

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