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Modern-day slaves push for freedom

Migrant workers suffering “modern slavery” in homes across Britain called on the House of Lords yesterday to take their final chance to set them free.

A handful of brave domestic workers took their fight to Westminster on World Human Rights Day with Unite assistant general secretary Diana Holland.

The women risk deportation for speaking out because the Con-Dems banned them from changing employers by introducing the tied domestic worker visa in 2012.

‘When I call she’s always crying’

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