Contemporary examples

• Quatar stadium workers 2017-2020


  Workers were exploited for their labour due to their low hierarchical power
• Before travelling to the gulf, the quatar workers were promised £220 a month and fair working and living conditions
• The reality was very different - the workers were paid a fraction of the amount and were forced to work 20-hour long days
• The workers were forced to work in extreme heat with little water that was not often replenished
• The heat was so extreme that when they were given water, they would pour it on their shoes to stop their feet from burning
• The workers also had terrible living conditions and were squashed into a small room with a broken fan
• In 2021, there were 11,000 cases of knife crime in London
• Of the 11,000 cases of knife crime in London 2021, 3,000 cases involved youths who are most likely to join criminal networks due to their low quality education and the poverty in the areas in which many of them live
• In the West Midlands, a 2021 study reported that 80% of knife crimes in London involved a victim and/or perpetrator who was black or of another ethnic minority
• Historically poverty, poor education and the prevalence of gangs has been apparent in areas in which the majority of the population are of an ethnic minority
• The inequal investment and law enforcement in these areas has been established as a contributor to this statistical trend