10th Class Social Science The Making of a Global World Question Bank 10th CBSE Social Science The Making of a Global World

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      What was the role of agents in the recruitment of labour?

    Answer:

                      (i) Recruitment was done by agents engaged by employers and paid a small commission. (ii) Many migrants agreed to take up work hoping to escape poverty or oppression in their home villages. (iii) Agents also tempted the prospective migrants by providing false information about final destinations, modes of travel, the nature of the work and living and working conditions. (iv) Often migrants were not even told that they were to take a long sea voyage. Sometimes agents even forcibly abducted less willing migrants.


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