The Independent

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 [...]

Modern slavery is rampant in seasonal worker scheme

An investigation by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ) and The Independent has uncovered a report done by the UK Home Office [...]

Record number of trafficking survivors referred to UK system

New figures show the number of potential trafficking victims in the UK has reached an all-time high—but campaigners warn the system [...]

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 [...]

FIFA

Kafala reforms are failing to protect migrant workers in Qatar

The Independent published a report which describes the situation in one of Qatar’s central industrial zones, approximately 20 km [...]

Survivors behind bars for crimes they were forced to commit

Survivors of modern slavery are being sent to prison for crimes they were forced to commit instead of being identified as victims and [...]

human trafficking and forced labor scheme disguised as religion

$50M human trafficking and forced labor scheme disguised as faith

Two religious leaders in the US face federal charges for running a $50 million trafficking scheme. Prosecutors say they coerced [...]

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 [...]

UK to Forcibly Remove Trafficking Victim Who Fears He Will be Killed

The UK government is coming under fire for its “outrageous” treatment of trafficking victims who are being deported in [...]

The Blurry Indicators of Sex Trafficking

With every major sporting event in the United States comes the speculation that the Super Bowl, the Final Four, and the like are [...]

Thirty potential modern slavery victims referred to Home Office each day

There’s been a surge in the number of potential victims of modern slavery in the UK. In just three months, the Home Office has [...]

Lift The Ban: U.K. government could raise £98 million per year

Lift The Ban’s new report released this week calls for the U.K. to use common sense and grant all people seeking asylum the right to [...]

New U.K. policy will put trafficking survivors at increased risk of suicide

The U.K. Royal College of Psychiatrists (RSP) have released a report this week calling on U.K. MPs not to detain trafficking and [...]

A child escaping marriage in Mexico draws attention to child trafficking

Arrest and jail-time should never be the response to a vulnerable child escaping marriage. Yet this is exactly what happened to [...]

U.K. Rwanda deportation flight stopped by legal action

The first flight sending people seeking asylum in the U.K. to Rwanda was stopped by a last-minute intervention from the European Court [...]

Slaughterhouse found guilty of migrant teen’s death fined $200,000

. TheA Mississippi meat processing plant, Mar-Jac Poultry, was found responsible for the death of a 16-year-old migrant worker who [...]