Though the “marry-your-rapist” laws have mostly been rooted out, a new report from the United Nations has revealed that [...]
Source: The Guardian
Trafficking survivors housed in squalid military barracks
Trafficking survivors are amongst hundreds of people seeking asylum who are being housed in squalid conditions in the U.K.’s [...]
Trafficking survivors in the U.K. unidentified and unprotected
The U.K.’s stated commitment to protect trafficking survivors rings hollow as new data released during anti-trafficking week exposes [...]
Endure exploitation or risk deportation: the dilemma of Australia’s migrants
Migrant workers in Australia often choose not to report exploitative treatment to avoid putting their visas at risk. A new bill [...]
Incarcerated people suffering from medical conditions forced to work
“I’ve even seen some people that refused, and they were sent to solitary confinement. […] It’s very disheartening. It needs to stop. [...]
Freedom United launches campaign film calling on fans to think of fallen migrant workers
“This is because of our blood and sweat.” – Ram Pukar Sahani, Nepali worker in Qatar In just two days the World Cup in Qatar will begin [...]
Migrant workers left struggling 100 days since the World Cup
Migrant workers from West Africa say they have been left stranded, destitute, and jobless in Qatar just 100 days after the end of the [...]
Supply chain auditing companies focused on protecting companies, not workers
A recent investigation by The Guardian into international supply-chain auditing companies found a lack of independence and transparency [...]
Chez Maurice, Horror House for Syrian Women
In a house in Lebanon called Chez Maurice, the largest Lebanese human trafficking network to date has been discovered...
‘Human life is more expendable’: why slavery has never made more money
The average profit generated by a victim of modern slavery is $3,978 (£3,030) a year, according to Harvard economist Siddharth Kara. [...]
Only 4% of Australian Money Spent on Clothing Goes to Workers
The Guardian reports that only four cents from every dollar spent on clothing in Australia actually goes to the workers who endure [...]
Stephen’s Appeal to Stay in the UK Garners 120,000 Signatures
Stephen, the Vietnamese orphan who was trafficked to the UK from Vietnam at the age of 10 and forced to work in a cannabis factory, [...]
Fast Food Shop Owner Jailed in England for Slavery Offenses
An owner of fast food shops in northeast England has been jailed for eight and a half years after being found guilty of six modern [...]
UK Somali Teens Taken ‘on Holiday’ and Forced into Marriage
British Somali teenagers are being taken back to their parents’ homeland under the pretense of going on a holiday. However, some [...]
Private Prisons Hit with Class Action Lawsuit
Two of the United States’ largest private prison companies, CoreCivic and Geo Group, have been hit with yet another class action [...]
Super-Complaint Accuses Police of Fuelling Victims’ Trauma
The first “super-complaint” on modern slavery submitted to the HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue [...]
Cyntoia Brown Freed at Last in Tennessee
Cytnoia Brown, a survivor of child sex trafficking who has been behind bars for the last 15 years, is finally free. Brown was finally [...]
Zimbabwe’s child sugarcane laborers: “I’ve never been to school”
Children as young as seven are performing backbreaking labor on Zimbabwe’s sugarcane plantations, all for just $1 a week in pay. [...]
Qatar’s annual workers’ welfare report reignites calls for labor reforms
A total of 34 migrant laborers working on World Cup stadiums in Qatar have died in the six-year period since construction began, [...]
How one Nigerian woman managed to bring her trafficker to justice in Italy
The inspiring story of Susan, shared this week as part of the Guardian’s Long Read series of in-depth essays, represents a rare success [...]
Lower house of U.K. parliament to vote on declaring Uyghur oppression a genocide
The House of Commons, the lower house and primary chamber of the U.K.’s parliament, is set to vote next week on a motion to declare the [...]
Trafficking survivors face alarming possibility of constant surveillance
The Guardian reports on discriminatory move by the U.K.’s interior ministry (Home Office) against migrants which has implications [...]
Significant rise in so-called ‘honor-based’ abuse cases in U.K.
Advocates campaigning against honor-based abuse (HBA) in the U.K. have expressed alarm over data that shows an increase of 81% of HBA [...]
U.K. anti-slavery tsar calls out government’s failings
In an opinion piece for the Guardian, the U.K.’s Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner Dame Sara Thornton calls out the Home Office for [...]