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The Committee notes from paragraph 29 of the Report of the United Nations Working Group on Contemporary Forms of Slavery on its twenty-sixth session (doc. E/CN.4/Sub. 2/2001/30) that "an increasing number of women, especially from the Philippines and India, were recruited abroad with false promises of work as nurses [in the United Kingdom]. Once they had reached the country, their passports and work permits were confiscated. Without legal documents, they were more vulnerable to exploitation".

Referring to the general observation under the Convention in its report to the 89th Session of the International Labour Conference, 2001, the Committee hopes that in its reply to that observation, the Government will also deal with the matters raised by the UN Working Group in paragraph 29 of its report.