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The UK announced last week it is working with Vietnam to stamp out the large number of trafficked people from the country coming to Britain.
Anti-human trafficking laws were tightened up on Friday 31 July, with the introduction of life sentences for the crime. But although prime minister David Cameron promised to help Vietnamese victims of forced labour, services are lacking for one crucial group: men, especially those enslaved to grow marijuana by criminal gangs.
"David Cameron is to be commended for saying we're going to go set up another shelter [in Vietnam] but I question why he says that it should be for women and children," said award-winning human rights lawyer Parosha Chandran. But a comprehensive US report on human trafficking released last week, she said, shows there are "no shelters in Vietnam for men and victims of forced labour".
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