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Al-Araby
Al-Araby
Last month, Sir Mo Farah bravely announced he was brought to the UK at the age of nine, had his name changed, was given fake travel documents, and was forced to work as a domestic servant. His experience highlighted the reality of modern slavery in the UK, but his story is only one of many migrant domestic workers enslaved in UK homes as cleaners and caretakers. Jasmine* left the Philippines in 2019 to work for a family in Kuwait. When she met her employers for the first time, all of Jasmine’s documents, including her passport, were taken away. Each day, Jasmine tended to the needs of the fami…