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Briseadh nan Long (Iron Crows)

Every day about 20,000 people in Chittagong, southern Bangladesh, risk their lives for just two dollars. They dismantle retired old ships.

Gach l脿, tha fichead m矛le duine ann an Chittagong, port beag ann an ceann a deas Bangladesh a' cur am beatha ann an cunnart airson d脿 dholair a-mh脿in. Tha iad a' toirt seann shoithichean bho air feadh an t-saoghail as a ch猫ile. Tha faisg air fichead luchd-obrach a' b脿sachadh ann an Chittagong gach bliadhna agus a dh' aindeoin 脿rainneachd-obrach chruaidh l脿n truailleadh agus gasaichean cunnartach, 's e gibhtean bho Dia a th' anns na soithichean. Tha Belal, a tha bliadhna thar fhichead agus a dh' fh脿g a dhachaigh bho chionn deich bliadhna, an neach-obrach sgileil Rufik a tha air c貌rr air deich thar fhichead bliadhna a chur seachad ann an Chittagong agus Ekramul, nach eil ach dusan bliadhna a dh' aois ag innse sgeulachd thiamhaidh mu am beatha.

Every day about 20,000 people in Chittagong, a small port city in southern Bangladesh, risk their lives for just two dollars. They dismantle retired old ships from all over the world. An average of 20 workers dies in Chittagong every year. Twenty-one-year-old Belal, who left home 10 years ago; skilled worker Rufik; and child laborer Ekramul tell the heart breaking story of their lives.

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