Contemporary slavery

Asian Migrants Fill Jobs That Picky Albanians Now Spurn

Haque is one of 10 Bangladeshi workers employed by the INCA factory in Lezha. The manager says Albania no longer supplies enough labour, forcing him to seek workers far away.

"I plan to stay here for a long time because I have no other solution," Abudalep, 28, another Bangladeshi migrant employed at the INCA factory told BIRN. "In my country there is no work," he adds.

BBC: The Migrant Workers from Eastern Europe Including Bulgaria Protest Arrest of Bosses

About 100 migrant workers gathered outside a police station to protest against the arrest of their bosses.

Three men were arrested on Thursday on suspicion of modern slavery offences at Bosahan farm near Helston in Cornwall.

The protesters said they were also angry they had been portrayed as modern slaves after police raided the farm.

Modern Slavery Risk Highlighted in Bulgaria, Romania

Romania and Bulgaria are among the European Union countries most vulnerable to modern slavery, a new report has warned.

The Modern Slavery Index 2017, released by the UK-based Verisk Maplecroft risk analysis consultancy, puts Romania and Bulgaria among the top five countries in the European Union at highest risk of modern slavery together with Greece, Italy and Cyprus.

Albania Tops UK List as Modern Slavery Source

Albania is the main supplier nation of potential victims of modern slavery in the United Kindom, according to data from the National Referral Mechanism, NRM, the UK's framework for referring and supporting victims.

Albania supplies the highest number once the number of adult and children potential victims of modern slavery are combined, the NRM explained.