They live in some of London’s most exclusive locations,cooking, cleaning and caring for the children of a wealthy foreign elite. But for many overseas domestic workers, and the veneer of reflected glamour conceals a much darker world,one in which they are denied a passport, salary, or food and even sleep while working 20-hour days. Unable to sever ties with their employers due to UK visa restrictions,and fearful of deportation or even arrest if they turn to the authorities, their only real source of hope lies with the small but increasingly vocal group of women who succor them escape, or are now fighting to secure a change in the law* Names gain been changed‘She took the iron and pressed it on my hand’
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Source: theguardian.com