A recent study shows that perhaps a third or more of UK businesses are failing to combat modern slavery, reported the Independent. [...]
Source: The Independent
Kentucky Child Marriage Ban Delayed by Conservative Group
The US state of Kentucky is embroiled in a debate over banning child marriage as a planned vote on a bill that would outlaw the [...]
Chinese Prisons Making the World’s Xmas Decor
Inmates in Chinese prisons are reportedly being forced to make Christmas lights and decorations that are exported around the world. One [...]
Forced Marriage Convictions Plummet, but Why?
More and more victims of forced marriage are coming forward in the UK. You’d expect more people being charged by the authorities, [...]
U.K. trafficking victims on “cliff edge” as government cuts support during pandemic
Thousands of modern slavery victims in the United Kingdom have reportedly had their government support cut off during lockdown, leaving [...]
U.K. knowingly sourcing gloves from Malaysian company accused of modern slavery
The Independent reports that U.K. frontline workers in at least one South England public hospital have been given medical gloves made [...]
Police raise alarm over how immigration bill will punish trafficking survivors
The U.K.’s controversial Nationality and Borders Bill, currently being debated in Parliament, has this week been criticized by senior [...]
U.K. anti-slavery commissioner warns of lack of support for trafficking victims in Rwanda
Dame Sara Thornton, the U.K.’s anti-slavery commissioner, has expressed “significant concerns” over the government’s proposal to send [...]
Child Refugees Exposed to Appalling Abuses
According to the Independent, a recent study has indicated that 3/4 of refugee children trying to get to Europe along the central [...]
UK Announces £5.5m Boost to End Modern Slavery in Commonwealth
The UK is stepping up to combat modern slavery across the Commonwealth as it announced a £5.5 million boost in aid to fight the crime [...]
After Slashing Support, UK to Repay Victims
The Home Office has announced a new scheme to repay thousands of victims of modern slavery after the High Court ruled that cuts to [...]
Deport or Support? What Will Home Secretary Priti Patel Do?
The UK has its new Home Office Secretary, Priti Patel. And many are closely eyeing how she plans to help survivors of modern slavery. [...]
Victims of trafficking with children win case for more support in the U.K.
In a case that exposes the reluctance of the U.K. interior ministry to provide adequate support to modern slavery survivors, victims of [...]
Stealth policy could see more trafficking survivors put behind bars
In the U.K., if someone in immigration detention is identified as a potential victim of modern slavery they are automatically [...]
FIFA called to urge Qatar to protect its migrant workforce
Migrant workers in Qatar continue to face serious exploitation, according to a new report by Amnesty International. With one year to go [...]
Departing commissioner laments backslide on U.K.’s anti-modern slavery efforts
Under Boris Johnson’s government, “[modern slavery] is certainly not the priority it was,” says the U.K.’s departing anti-slavery [...]
Recognize and Stamp Out Modern Slavery in the UK
So many people believe that modern day slavery only happens elsewhere, and not so much in Britain. They tell themselves that it is [...]
MPs Lobby for UK to Criminalize Buying Sex as Path to Curb Trafficking
MPs are warning that vulnerable women, largely from Eastern Europe, are being trafficked to the UK for sexual exploitation in [...]
Aid Cuts for Child ‘County Lines’ Victims
Despite a surge in child victims, the UK Home Office announced that it will scale back support for children who were forced to ferry [...]
The Suspicious Surge in Voluntary Returns of Trafficking Victims
New figures reveal that there has been a surge in the number of potential foreign trafficking victims in the UK who returned to their [...]
Campaigners raise alarm in Turkey over marriage of Syrian girls
Syrian girls in Turkey are being married off by their families at increasing rates to cope with the economic pressures of the pandemic, [...]
Lawyers call out U.K.’s unsubstantiated claims about false modern slavery survivors
The U.K.’s interior ministry, the Home Office, recently published a press release entitled “Alarming rise of abuse within modern [...]
Does the U.K. deport child trafficking survivors?
If passed, the U.K.’s controversial Nationality and Borders Bill could increase the risk of deportation for child trafficking survivors [...]
Rooney Family Gets 79 Years in Landmark Slavery Case
According to an article in The Independent, members of the Rooney family, who were leaders of a slavery ring in Lincolnshire, are [...]
