Thirteen Pakistani Christian families are homeless after refusing to enter into “bonded labor”, or a form of slavery.

Local government officials had told the Christians that unless the male heads of the families entered into the slavery-like contract at a local brick kiln factory, the would be driven from the area around Samundri.

The contracts state that if something happens to the one who signs the deal, family members would have to work off the debt should the person die.  Currently about 75 percent of bonded labor in Pakistan are children working for deceased parents, according to the Barnabas Fund.

The kiln factory in this situation is owned by Muslims who told the local government if they couldn’t get the Christians to agree to slave labor, they would build a hospital on the site of the Christian’s homes.

A report from the Centre for Legal Aid Assistance and Settlement says that the Muslim factory owners do not pay enough for anyone to overcome their debts and the young Christian women are taken and sold as sex slaves in the human trafficking market.