A slave in Scotland: ‘I fell into a trap – and I couldn't get out’ - News Summed Up

A slave in Scotland: ‘I fell into a trap – and I couldn't get out’


What’s left of the Stewart hotel sits on a steep hill overlooking sheep-flecked fields, tumbling hedgerows and distant snow-capped mountains in Appin, west Scotland. Even so, in 2009, he and his wife were granted a licence to run the Stewart hotel – against objections from the chief inspector of local police. Nobody knows more about this than Abul Kamal Azad, 31, who spent more than a year working at the Stewart hotel between 2009-2010. His wife had important connections in Bangladeshi political circles and he owned a chain of businesses both there and in the UK, including the Stewart hotel. And I couldn’t get out again.”Arefin, who was travelling back and forth between the UK and Bangladesh, arranged Azad’s visa and travel documents.


Source: The Guardian May 28, 2016 09:00 UTC



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