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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 [...]

U.K. ignores survivors, campaigners, MPs with destructive policy

This week, the U.K. parliament voted to push forward with legislation that will see more trafficking survivors locked up for longer in [...]

Let people seeking asylum work, says U.K. Migration Advisory Committee

The United Kingdom should lift the employment ban for people seeking asylum, according to the government’s migration advisory body. [...]

One child seeking asylum goes missing per week from U.K. hotels

Charities are extremely concerned for the wellbeing of children seeking asylum in the U.K. after the government revealed that 45 [...]

Renewable energy sector failing to address Uyghur forced labor

A recently published investor guide and policy brief on green technology supply chains found that more proactive strategies are needed [...]

Some Modern Slavery Victims Find Joy in Belly Dancing

Belly dancing? That may strike some readers as a surprise. But in this article in the Independent today, we learn that trauma causes [...]

Second-Ever Forced Marriage Conviction Sends Parents to Jail for 8 Years

A couple from Leeds has been jailed for 8 years for forcing their teenage daughter to marry. They tricked their daughter into [...]

Epidemic of Girls Sexually Abused by County Lines Gangs

Stacey (not her real name) was 13 when she was “passed around like a minion” by male members of a gang. As one of the [...]

UK pushing people back into exploitation as they wait years for decision

New data obtained by the Scottish Refugee Council shows the number of potential victims of slavery in the UK waiting more than two [...]

Support for U.K. trafficking victims allegedly cut during pandemic

Lawyers have warned that hundreds of trafficking survivors in the United Kingdom have found themselves with reduced or terminated [...]

The government needs to do more to protect victims of human trafficking

U.K. imposes GPS tags on migrants on immigration bail

U.K. immigration bill harmful to modern slavery survivors

A new report by the U.K.’s cross-party parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights has criticized the Home Secretary’s controversial [...]

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 [...]

The shadows of 6 persons walking in a line representing modern slavery survivors

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 [...]