These are key milestones in the fight against modern slavery

May 31, 2016

A Syrian boy walks along a corridor inside a refugee camp in Harmanli, 280 km (173 miles) east of Sofia, December 9, 2013. According to UNHCR, Bulgaria is currently hosting some 8,800 asylum seekers and refugees, around two-thirds of them being Syrians. Bulgaria, the European Union's poorest country, on average receives only around 1,000 asylum seekers and refugees a year.

To coincide with the launch of the 2016 Global Slavery Index, here's a timeline of key events in the fight against modern slavery this century. Image: REUTERS/Pierre Marsaut

Alex Whiting

Journalist, The Thomson Reuters Foundation

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