 It's really unconscionable that more than 20 million people in our world are victims of trafficking. If you think about it, that's the same as the metropolitan populations of both London and Cairo together. Almost 21 million people living in slavery, unable to escape the metaphorical and very often literal change that imprisoned them. Most people think slavery was abolished in the last century, but unfortunately it is still very much with us in the form of human trafficking. Victims of trafficking are modern-day slaves. The criminals who buy and sell them have created a business worth multiple billions a year. Modern-day slaves are just as likely to be found on building sites and fishing boats as they are in brothels and in sweatshops. IOM assists one in seven trafficking victims identified worldwide. We help them to freedom and a chance at a new life. We have, for example, just helped repatriate more than 600 fishermen from Thai trawlers in Indonesia. These persons came from Cambodia, Myanmar, and Laos. Many had not been ashore for several years, often working 20 hours a day in horrific conditions. This must be brought to an end. Migrants must be able to find safe, decent work free of degradation and fear. Their journey should be voluntary and their work should benefit their families and not their captors.