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Forced labor does occur in many industries,
強制勞動在很多國家都屢見不鮮，
especially those where the workers are migrants or otherwise vulnerable, and this needs to be addressed.
尤其發生在移民勞工和其他弱勢群體中，這是一個需要解決的問題。
But it's best addressed with legislation targeting those specific abuses, not an entire industry.
但是最好立法，直接針對特殊的受虐待群體，而不是整個產業。
When 23 undocumented Chinese migrants drowned while picking cockles in Morecambe Bay in 2004,
當23名中國偷渡者在2004年莫克姆灣撿拾蛤蜊被淹死時，
there were no calls to outlaw the entire seafood industry to save trafficking victims.
不會因為要解決人口買賣問題而認定整個海產行業違法。
The solution is clearly to give workers more legal protections,
解決問題的關鍵是給予，工作者更多的合法保護
allowing them to resist abuse and report it to authorities without fear of arrest.
讓他們抵抗虐待，并無畏地報告給有關部門。
The way the term trafficking is thrown around implies that all undocumented migration into prostitution is forced.
人口販賣這個詞語的泛濫使用，意味著似乎所有的偷渡者從事賣淫行業時都是被迫的。
In fact, many migrants have made a decision, out of economic need,
實際上很多移民出于經濟需要已經做了決定
to place themselves into the hands of people smugglers.
把他們自己的命運交給走私者。
Many do this with the full knowledge that they'll be selling sex when they reach their destination.
很多人完全知道自己將在目的地做一個性工作者。
And yes, it can often be the case that these people smugglers demand exorbitant fees,
是的，往往這些走私者要價過高，
coerce migrants into work they don't want to do and abuse them when they're vulnerable.
強迫移民做他們不想做的事，虐待那些脆弱的人。
That's true of prostitution, but it's also true of agricultural work, hospitality work and domestic work.
這在賣淫行業是真實存在的，但是這在農業勞動，酒店工作和家務勞動中也是存在的。
Ultimately, nobody wants to be forced to do any kind of work,
說到底沒人愿意被強迫做任何事情，
but that's a risk many migrants are willing to take, because of what they're leaving behind.
但是很多移民愿意鋌而走險，因為不堪回首的過去。
If people were allowed to migrate legally they wouldn't have to place their lives into the hands of people smugglers.
如果人們可以合法移民，他們就不用把性命交到走私者的手里。
The problems arise from the criminalization of migration, just as they do from the criminalization of sex work itself.
我們從性交易非法的問題討論到隨意移民是非法的問題。
