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Forced Labor in Manus Island (2008)

A forced labor case from 2008 in Manus Island, Papua New Guinea.

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Documented on the original SlaveryMap (2008–2016). We don’t have a verifiable source on file yet. Know one?

What happened

Rimbunan Hijau, a logging company, was accused on paying its workers "slavery rates" because they the company was paying less than it cost for workers to eat at the canteen run by the company, which was the only way of getting meals.

Response and intervention

Conservationists in the region saw the conditions and publicized the situation.