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How migrant workers fall victims to flaws in Kenyan law and fragmented policies

More than 90 per cent of women interviewed were duped with promises of decent jobs in the Middle East.

Nairobi, Kenya, Jul 30 – Most Kenyans migrating to the Middle East for jobs are subjected to domestic servitude, sexual abuse, torture and acute violation of terms of employment, a newly- released report says.

ENACT, a think tank that researches trafficking in persons for the programme on enhancing Africa's response to transnational organised crime, released the report ahead of this year’s World Day against Trafficking in Persons marked Thursday.

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