Im melissa chan youre watching d. W. News asia thank you for joining us the Investigation Continues into the deaths of 39 people found in a truck in the u. K. Prosecutors say they were victims of a global ring of human traffickers by now we know they came from asia we dont know much more you may remember that early reports said they might be chinese next they might be vietnamese asia is where much of modern slavery in the world takes place almost 25000000. 00 people in asia are victims of slavery thats 6 for every 1066 percent of them go into forced labor and india china and pakistan have the highest absolute numbers of slaves but Southeast Asia sees a lot of active. Poor job prospects natural disasters and military conflicts there are all factors behind waves of displaced people and migrants for more we have rachel smith with the Human Trafficking foundation with us rachel tell us what you know about Human Trafficking to the u. K. From asia lets start with china thats where investigators were looking at from the beginning. Well as you just said melissa most in most cases people are trafficked because they have an existing vulnerability and we find from asia and specifically from china that many people will be suffering poverty in their homes and especially when you see i mean countries like china with such an economic. Inequality often find those poorer communities coming to the u. K. On the promise of a bats a life and that is often on a promise from traffic is who give false promises of better what prospects of having that immigration and sorted out and then once they arrive in the u. K. And they find a very different circumstance we find people from china often when they come to the u. K. Are exploited and prostitution or sometimes in restaurants or other kind of forced labor in factories as well and this will look like someone withholding perhaps that idea dont humans or telling them if they go to the authorities and theyre only going to get arrested deported and the many the prospect of returning it might be that theyve come running from loan sharks for example in the 1st place and so thats a very fearful prospect for them and many i mean in fear of their own lives really if they do return so that the means of control can often be right yet that forced the joining of documents and Immigration Rights or a fear of fear of every 10. And then say that what we see here and we kill them for vietnam because thats where a lot of people are looking at right now theres a lot of news in the u. K. Suggesting that these people had come from vietnam do they do different kind of a work once they arrive in the u. K. And why are they leaving the same reasons. Often vulnerabilities and similar. We actually find with vietnam most people coming here are exploited in kind of these farms or nail bombs or the most common forms of exploitation and in fact in 2018 there were 700 to be timmys nationals identified as being trafficked into the i referred to supports but unfortunately we find that the expected figures are much higher. I mean we find usually is and criminal exploitation and kind of these farms are no. I dont often. They is again on the promise of well the false promise of a battle life. And you know some people you know they travel from vietnam and how positive experiences come into the can i think people come with those similar expectations and then. Theyve been used. So this is a Big International business isnt it Human Trafficking. Give us today can you tell us a little bit more about numbers do we have a sense or is it all just too dark and underground. It is certainly very difficult to get an exact accurate number. Recent figure and by the am i alone partnership with charity could Walk Free Foundation estimated there were 40300000 people in slavery worldwide any given time and that includes Human Trafficking. And its also the 2nd most lucrative illegal industry in the world behind Drug Trafficking alone and often what people like to explain this is that you know. I didnt can be sold once but a human being can be sold multiple times over and over and so its fortunately very profits and highly lucrative for and for criminals and seeking to exploit people. Rachel smith thank you. Hong kongs protest movement has been to some extent about us versus them that separate hong konger identity different from mainland chinese so when news that a mosque there had been sprayed by police is blue Water Cannons during another one of its weekend protests it served as a reminder of the territorys diversity hundreds of thousands of filipinos and indonesians live and work in hong kong along with others from south asia and theyve been caught up in the citys political fight correspondent mathias bullinger has more. Didnt charge lead the southern tip of the kowloon peninsula is one of the cause but savor it places in areas one of the hot spots for hong kongs ethnic minorities about 250000. 00 known chinese citizens live in the city most of them from britains former colonies in south asia at the center of the community the chongqing mansions a 5 block concrete jungle from the 1960 s. Although quite far from his home because comes here quite a full basically there are many a love for which is available in here for just like snares and fresh to cooked meat and lots of 1 things here. What available in the elements in society but 2 weeks ago almost suddenly spread that the protesters were planning to attack the trunking mentions the protest leader had been badly beaten the attackers were said to be south asians most probably hired cars seeing as how to shop with a 25 years that sunday the whole truth you mention the 1st time in my 25 years living in a hong kong i see the truth you mention closed nothing of the like happening but when the Police Water Cannon past the nearby mosque that day its great blue dye on the entrance of the building although the police later apologized and the protesters saw it as a deliberate attack on the citys south asian population most families have moved here during british group. As the city moved away from its colonial past they have gotten little attention suddenly that all changed a week after the paint incident the protesters were back to change you mentioned this time folks remained open i hear everyone who voted to tell me mention the god stuff you go here they also are so are they i hope conus. Suddenly the south Asian Community was a focal point of the protests in their group this is like to give them a favor by eating into king mentioned so like a bun b. Theyre coming are a lot of Chinese People maybe its kind of like a double or triple to them that ive learned is the coming to this building short being like eating food or shopping other things because but also im so 3rd generation pakistani hong kong has also taken part in some of the protests by most elderly prefer to stay out of politics he says more and more young south asian hong kong those have joined the movement drawing attention from the protesters and the media to that moment of the medias coverage of. Many south asia as a whole because begin to realize that they have the big south it is potential to have the spigot on hold the protests have shaken many certainties in hong kong the nation ship with its minorities seems to be one of them. Japan is known as one of the most homogenous countries in the world and japanese people have lived there forever right as it turns out not quite the i knew our Indigenous People of hokkaido they were conquered by the japanese in the 9th century and just tens of thousands of them remain. Not scenes that come to mind when most people think of modern day japan in the woods of northern hokkaido on bets was on the lookout for deer. Hunting is an integral part of the indigenous i know culture but says he quit his job in the Construction Industry 4 years ago to pursue his dream of becoming a professional hunter its part of his journey to connect with his i new identity. Or any member once a stranger said to me you know i knew thats disgusting and i was shocked i didnt know how he could tell i was a new i was behaving completely normally being i knew hasnt always been easy but he was. A recent census counted some 13000 i knew in hokkaido down by half from 10 years ago but its believed the real number could be much higher since many people are reluctant to identify as i knew almost one in 4 say they have experienced verbal abuse. Japan only recently recognised the i knew was indigenous and began encouraging communities to promote the new culture. A new museum is under construction and due to open next april ahead of the tokyo summer olympics. This hill overlooks a battlefield where i knew fighters were defeated by japanese invaders hundreds of years ago. And i new artist taking part in a remembrance ceremony he says tokyo still needs to do more. For it. Without an apology from the japanese government i dont think efforts to promote the new culture will have much of an impact building the museum and hosting the olympics wont matter much but a formal apology would mark a real turning point in japans history. But sue also believes the government should return land to the i knew to make hunting easier hes trying to do his part to pass on i new traditions to the next generation. I know. There are so many great things about the our new culture. For you. I want to preserve this wonderful heritage of them all off. Im working on it in the hopes that it will lead to a greater understanding of the what did. These tense hes building are for a summer camp where he plans to invite Young Students to experience the i know way of life. That isnt right now we leave you with a showcase from china fashion week taking on best costume and 21st century cakes on if additional a keep out coming out thank you for watching c. N. N. Time i could buy. A home for information. The opinions they want to express d. W. Blog facebook and twitter up to date and in touch follow us. Home. Booking travel now amazing thailands. Recession is on the cards for hong kong the warning comes from leader kerry lam months of prodemocracy protests hurting business. 11 Central Banks says Anti Corruption protests could destroy the economy demonstrators saying if the bank is part of the problem. Human rights watch says washington sanctions against tehran threaten the reagans right to buy medicine. And saudi arabia opens its doors to the globes fast growing tourist trade but is the country ready for it. I bet it will and thats the business hong kongs worst political crisis in decades is also causing economic up evil leader kerry lamb says the city is on the brink of recession as it enters its 5th month of program ocracy protests tourist numbers have dropped and Retail Businesses hurt as theyve been forced to shutter their doors during rallies. After 5 months of prodemocracy protests some people in hong kong are tired of the demonstrations and blocked roads the city states divided community is on edge many were looking to carry speech and choose day to see whether she would years of the protesters demands she issued a warning things you. Need all that there is a large likelihood that for the year 2019 we will see a full year recession that means we will reach 0 to one percent growth so this situation is highly serious in addition