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"In a modern slavery context, I believe it amounts to exploitation because if you don't perform this unpaid job, you have to leave the community destitute with no money or support."

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Another was sent to live with her destitute biological family after acting out.

He ended up on the streets, in homes for the destitute, or working on tea estates in Assam.

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The government is legally required to house asylum seekers if they would otherwise be destitute.

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The UK is legally-bound to find homes for asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute while they wait for a decision to be made on their asylum claim.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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