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Bricks stacked in a cart at a factory in Cambodia's Kandal province in March 2019.

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Cambodia’s Brick Factory Families, Still “Left Behind”

by Matt Surrusco 10 July 201923 March 2022

Cambodia’s brick factories are supplying the nation’s construction boom. But despite documented abuses, the industry continues to rely on the labour of disposable workers—including children—their indebtedness and scant government oversight.