Everybody knows Canada is a country of immigrants and that Vancouver is a highly multicultural city. But I confess that sometimes the multiculturalism brings me up some shocking realities.
Today one of my classmates made a presentation about Dubai, the country where she was born and raised. It was a very nice presentation because the differences between Canada and Dubai are very interesting. But what caught my attention was her natural comment about some families in Dubai having slaves... Yes, I mean SLAVES!!! She said no one there talks about it, but it is kind normal. Slaves in Dubai are usually from Sri Lanka and India.
I'm taking some SFU classes at Surrey library and as soon as I started going there I read a poster in the library entrance, among dozens of other posters and flyers, asking people to report to the authorities cases of slavery or human trafficking. The poster touched my heart and I took a picture to put on my Portuguese blog, but it turned out I never did a post about it and deleted the photo. But today, after this class I felt that it was very important to write about this subject. We never thought that the person who lives on our side or that crosses our way may be in such a situation, but there are slaves here in Canada, in the US, in Dubai and in many other countries still today. They are people from poor backgrounds who were taken to other country with employment promise and had their passports confiscated, do not speak the local language and live in fear, being mistreated. In fact, many Brazilian young people are sold as slaves for prostitution.
I never met anyone who has been through it, but as the blog is a communication tool and I get visits from people from all over the world, I leave here my appeal: let's be alert to human trafficking. If you guys know anything please report to the authorities.
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