UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has unveiled what she calls “the most sweeping asylum reforms in modern times.” She plans to cut asylum numbers through strict deterrence measures, faster removals, and a small set of new “safe and legal” routes capped at only a few hundred people a year. Mahmood argues the plan will fix […]
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Braverman’s bid to leave the ECHR is the latest hostility to modern slavery survivors
In a recent interview on BBC’s Radio 4’s Today, Home Secretary Suella Braverman stated her wish that the U.K. leave the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), calling it “a politicized court,” “interventionist,” and “treading on the territory of national sovereignty.” This move would be the latest in a series of recent measures shredding the […]
How Priti Patel harmed survivors by conflating modern slavery and immigration
In her time as U.K. Home Secretary, Priti Patel consistently conflated immigration and modern slavery. She claimed that efforts to stop people from coming to the U.K. to live were necessary to fight human trafficking. In public statements, she accused people on the move of abusing the modern slavery protection system. The result? The […]
Trapped at sea: how U.K. migration policies drive exploitation in fishing
Imagine being trapped on a boat with no toilets or showers, facing sea conditions that the vessel is not fit for. This is the reality of James*, a migrant fisherman working in the U.K. What bothers him most is the cold; there is no heater and temperatures drop below 0°C (32° F). But James […]