31/05/2018

The story focuses on the plight of cash-strapped Bulgarian women who come to Belgium and the Netherlands as posted workers to care for elderly people who want to spend the last months or years of their life in their own home, instead of in a retirement home. The investigation focuses on one of the main players on the market offering such services, Seniorcare24.

The investigation revealed that the Bulgarian women employed by this group are being exploited.

There were different parliamentary debates in Belgium, the Netherlands and Bulgaria about the issue. Civil society organisations called on politicians to look into this issue in order to protect both senior citizens and foreign workers.

In March 2019, Slavery of Care was nominated for the 'Belfius-persprijs' in the category 'Television press'. The Belfius Press Awards is a series of annual press awards from the Belgian bank Belfius for the best articles or series of articles, audio-visual reports and photos that were published or distributed in the media during the past year.

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Parlementary debates in Belgium, The Netherlands and Bulgaria about 'The Slavery of Care' (2018)