Under Boris Johnson’s government, “[modern slavery] is certainly not the priority it was,” says the U.K.’s departing anti-slavery [...]
Source: The Independent
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Theresa May: Awareness, Support for Victims Key to Ending Modern Slavery
Theresa May said today, “Modern slavery will only be defeated by making more people aware of the horrific abuses going on in [...]
UK Home Office Broke the Law in Failing to Protect Trafficked Vietnamese Boy
In a landmark ruling, the Court of Appeal has ruled that the UK Home Office broke the law in failing to protect a Vietnamese child [...]
Chinese Woman Wrongfully Detained in Yarl’s Wood
The UK is admitting that it wrongfully detained a Chinese woman who was a victim of human trafficking, locking her up for six months in [...]
UK government’s treatment of trafficking victims ruled unlawful
The High Court of Justice in London has ruled that the British government has been acting unlawfully in its treatment of victims of [...]
Displaced women and girls face surge in forced marriage & trafficking amid pandemic
A new report has warned that displaced women and girls are facing surging rates of gender-based violence during the ongoing coronavirus [...]