A new report by the U.K.’s cross-party parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights has criticized the Home Secretary’s controversial [...]
Source: The Independent
Trafficking victims could be sent to Rwanda because of flawed screening process
Lawyers have raised the alarm over the possibility of trafficking victims being sent to Rwanda by the U.K. government to have their [...]
Red Roof Inn ignored trafficking signs for profits
According to an investigation by The Independent, sex trafficking survivors are poised to file hundreds of lawsuits against Red Roof [...]
World Cup 2022: Qatar’s Workers Treated Like Slaves
Imagine that you are living in rural Bangladesh when an acquaintance in your town approaches you with a job offer to work abroad in a [...]
UK Nets 185 Convictions for Modern Slavery
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) says during the 2017-2018 financial year it convicted 185 people for modern slavery out of 239 [...]
MPs Speak Out Against Throwaway Fashion
A cross party group of MPs in Britain are calling for fashion companies to be charged one penny per garment to help fund clothing [...]
Amnesty for undocumented migrants scrapped
In a move that has sparked concerns amongst anti-slavery campaigners in the UK, the government this month scrapped a proposal to give [...]
UK Home Office U-turns after slashing support for trafficking survivors
The UK Home Office has reversed its decision to unlawfully slash financial support for survivors of modern slavery during the pandemic [...]
To speak out about slavery in Mauritania is to risk losing your liberty
Lone children seeking asylum going missing in U.K. at risk of exploitation
Data collected in an investigation by the Independent has exposed that 20 lone children seeking asylum went missing from government [...]
U.K. statistics regulator says “no evidence” modern slavery law being abused
The U.K. Statistics Regulator has released a statement announcing that they have not found evidence to support the Home Secretary [...]
Modern slavery survivors in U.K. denied compensation by government
New data shows that the U.K. government’s program for victims of violent crime and modern slavery is failing to help those it was [...]
Taking a Local Approach to Fight Slavery
Recent estimates have put the number of victims of slavery in the UK around 10,000-13,000. While victims may be trafficked to the UK [...]
The Reason Why Thousands of British Girls Will Not Return to School
The number of girls in Britain being forced into marriage abroad has soared by a third in recent years according to a leading charity. [...]
Should Teachers Be Liable for Reporting Forced Marriages?
The National Education Union, Britain’s largest teachers’ union, is condemning a proposal that would make teachers [...]
Law proposed to lift ban on asylum seekers’ right to work
In a promising step forward for our Lift the Ban campaign, a bill to grant people seeking asylum in the UK the right to work was [...]
Further warnings of modern slavery risk in UK post-pandemic economic slump
The leader of a prominent UK anti-slavery charity had delivered the latest warning that human trafficking threatens to increase amid [...]
Forced labor allegedly used to build Hindu temple in New Jersey
A shocking new lawsuit has claimed that at least 200 workers were lured from India to the United States to build a Hindu temple in [...]
Potentially groundbreaking case against Lebanon’s kafala system
A migrant domestic worker is taking her former employer and a recruitment agency to court in a landmark case which could be [...]
Police raids exposed for not referring trafficking survivors for support
New data has exposed how police raids on the sex industry in the U.K., carried out under the guise of clamping down on modern slavery, [...]
Australian Court finds Sri Lankan diplomat guilty of labor exploitation
Sri Lankan diplomat Himalee Arunatilaka has been ordered by the Federal Court of Australia to pay back wages to her former housekeeper [...]
Libya’s Slave Markets: ‘Don’t Hold Your Breath’
The world has woken up to the reality of Libyan slave markets, where African migrant men are sold off for forced labor to the highest [...]
Labour Accuses May of ‘Hollow’ Modern Slavery Pledges
The Labour party is accusing Prime Minister Theresa May of making ‘hollow’ promises to tackle modern slavery during her [...]
Uganda Shelter for Abused Girls Linked to Child Sex Tourism
A 70-year-old German man in Uganda is being chased by police over allegations that a rehabilitation center at his home was actually the [...]
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