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Thousands Call On Home Office To Let Stephen Stay

Twenty-nine leading anti-trafficking organizations are urging the UK Home Office to reconsider its refusal to grant asylum to Stephen [...]

Brexit Spells Trouble for Non-EU Seasonal Workers

Campaigners are warning the the government’s plan to recruit thousands of temporary migrant workers from outside of the EU could [...]

Lebanon’s Labor Minister Calls Kafala System Modern Slavery

For decades, migrant domestic workers in Lebanon have suffered chronic abuses — non-payment of wages, violence, and reports of being [...]

Rights groups call on UK to ban cotton imports from XUAR

The UK should block cotton imports from Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), Northwest China, due to the systematic forced labor [...]

U.K. police not taking forced marriage seriously, campaigners say

Police in the United Kingdom are under scrutiny for their efforts to tackle honor-based abuse, including forced marriage, after a sharp [...]

Strong resistance against policy to deport unhoused people

A controversial policy from the U.K.’s interior ministry to deport people from abroad who are sleeping rough has been met with [...]

Slavery reparations, not royal visits

Do you think enough is being done to remember the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade? Do memorials go far enough? [...]

Crackdown on fast fashion giant, Shein, for Uyghur forced labor

The problem with the Shein influencer trip

In a strikingly obvious attempt at whitewashing, fast fashion giant Shein invited a group of American influencers on a trip to its [...]

MPs sound alarm on sex trafficking but ignore real solutions

As reports of human trafficking in the UK reach record highs, some MPs are doubling down on a failed approach: blaming sex work itself [...]

“Slaves on Our Streets” Report Launched at Parliament

The Independent’s special report on modern slavery in the UK, part of the newspaper’s “Slaves on Our Streets” [...]

Slash in Aid for Trafficked Asylum Seekers

Victims of modern slavery in the UK are being hit with a severe slash in government aid. While asylum-seekers who were trafficked to [...]

UK Sending Victims Back to Where They Were Abused

The Home Office is coming under fire yet again for what lawyers say is ‘clear incompetence and sheer disregard’ for trafficking [...]

Lockdowns becoming a nightmare for domestic workers worldwide

The COVID-19 pandemic has endangered domestic migrant workers. Advocacy groups tracking the Middle East, warn that the number of abuse [...]

How scrapping the term “honor”-based abuse may leave victims unprotected

The U.K. government is due to review the use of the term “honor”-based abuse, used to cover crimes such as forced marriage, female [...]

Children of modern slavery survivors face intergenerational trauma

“My son was talking and now he’s stopped. My son was born after I had escaped slavery. I was isolated. When you feel so alone [...]

Qatar World Cup organizers admit workers were exploited

The exploitation of workers continues in Qatar despite World Cup organizers saying they had introduced measures since 2014 to protect [...]

U.K. forced to drop unlawful policy penalizing trafficking survivors

In January of this year, the U.K. Home Office introduced new guidance for those claiming asylum as victims of modern slavery, requiring [...]

Au pair forced into modern slavery by World Bank employees

Two World Bank employees stand accused of holding their au pair in modern slavery according to a lawsuit filed in Alexandria, VA. The [...]

The Journalist Jailed for Exposing Forced Labor in Turkmenistan

You may not know his name, but Turkmen reporter Gaspar Matalaev, is currently serving a three-year jail sentence. His crime? Publishing [...]

Criminal Charges for Doctors Failing to Report Forced Marriage

Doctors, nurses, and teachers may face criminal charges if they fail to report cases of forced marriage. The UK considers forced [...]

With 53 Dead, Libya Considers Shutting Migrant Detention Centers

An airstrike that targeted a migrant detention center in Libya may be the turning point for thousands of detained migrants and refugees [...]

U.K. government admits to unlawfully detaining trafficking victim

The United Kingdom’s interior ministry, the Home Office, has announced a review of its detention policy after admitting last week that [...]

Women forced into sex work demand their criminal records be wiped clean

“As a consequence of meeting a dangerous pimp when I was only 15 who forced me to sell sex for money, by the age of 17, I had 39 [...]

High Court rules policy preventing people seeking asylum from working unlawful

24-year-old Allan Cordona has waited almost three years with his wife and four-year-old daughter for a decision on his asylum claim in [...]