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Ending forced labour: Full-system reset needed?

3 Feb 2023

The national action plan on forced labour aims to eliminate the practice by 2030.

Astro Awani’s Melisa Idris asks North-South Initiative executive director Adrian Pereira and Iseas-Yusof Ishak Institute senior fellow Lee Hwok Aun how to reset a labour migration system which has for decades permitted forced labour practices to become entrenched.

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