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The Big Read: Burdened with family expectations and lured by temptations, some foreign domestic workers get snared in debt trap
One key factor why maids sink into debt is the outsized responsibility they bear in caring for extended family back home. “We want to support them even though we don’t have anything here," said one Filipino domestic helper who had borrowed from five different moneylenders.
