Increasing numbers of migrant maids are seeking help for conditions such as panic attacks and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as the crisis worsens the plight of workers trapped in a system akin to modern slavery, charities say.
“It’s so stressful when you think of all the suffering and all of the work and then they say they cannot pay you,” said Regina, a young mother from Sierra Leone who was forced to work for 21 hours a day.