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/ 25 June 2007

The UK’s child slaves

Betty was nine when her mother told her she would have to leave Nigeria and live with a family friend in the United Kingdom. The girl was sad to leave her five sisters and two brothers, but the family was poor, living in one room, taking turns to sleep on the only bed. In Britain, it seemed, Betty’s life would at least be easier. Nothing could have been further from the truth.