This exploitation is commonplace and widespread. Among the findings:
• 20% of males working on fishing boats stated they were ‘forced to work’.7 The vast majority of those forced to work were between 15-17 years of age.
• 60% of domestic workers (all ‘live-in’) stated their employers did not allow them to leave the house to meet with others or receive visitors.
• 82% of domestic workers, 45% of fishing workers and 19% of manufacturing workers worked more than 12 hours per day.
• About half of employers across all sectors agreed with the statement that ‘we should lock migrants in at night to make sure they don’t escape’.