Blood on our hands?

I wrote about a public awareness forum on the issue of Migrant and Trafficking issues on July 31. This is what my friend published after attending it. Important reading -- follow the link below.


Modern Day Slavery: 


We may not realise that if we do not pay regular wages to our domestic workers or maids, if we keep their passports or do not give them days off work, we participate in the exploitation that is the fundamental element of human trafficking.

I am reminded of the words of Martin Luther King: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere… we are caught in an inescapable web of mutuality and tied to a single garment of destiny…”

(picture credit: creative criminals)