A child trafficking survivor has made an appeal to the United Kingdom’s government to scrap Part 5 of the harmful Nationality and [...]
Source: The Independent
U.K. government delays appointing slavery watchdog while weakening protections
The U.K. government is attempting to weaken protections for modern slavery victims while failing to appoint a new Independent [...]
Audit Finds UK Modern Slavery Strategy ‘Inadequate’
The National Audit Office (NAO) has issued a report calling the UK government’s modern slavery strategy “unclear” and “inadequate” in a [...]
Mauritania: Risking Liberty in the Fight Against Slavery
Biram Dah Abeid was abruptly woken by police at 5:30AM, dragged from to a squalid, windowless prison cell in Mauritania. Yet he [...]
No Charges for Activist Who Rescued Migrants in Mediterranean
Morocco has dropped trafficking charges against Helena Moreno, a Spanish activist who helped rescue migrants crossing the Mediterranean [...]
Record number of UK asylum seekers waiting over six months for decision
The number of asylum seekers in the UK waiting over six months for their claim to be processed soared by 76 percent last year, new [...]
Asylum seekers in the U.K. only receive legal support days before deportation
New research has highlighted how asylum seekers arriving in the U.K. on makeshift boats are not receiving legal advice until days [...]
G7 calls on Chinese government to respect human rights in Uyghur Region
The G7 has issued a cautious rebuke of the Chinese government’s actions in the Uyghur Region in a final communiqué closing its [...]
Uyghur forced labor and global solar supply chains
The Independent reports on the ongoing impact on U.K. consumers of the 2021 research “In Broad Daylight: Uyghur Forced Labor and [...]
U.K. laws making it harder for trafficking victims to receive support come into force
New laws in the U.K. that make it even harder for trafficking and modern slavery victims to receive crucial support have come into [...]
In Plain Sight: Modern Slavery on UK’s High Streets
Modern slavery occurs in Britain more than you might think, and it may be hiding in plain sight, from nail salons to car washes. If [...]
Coerced into Crime, UK Throws Trafficked Women in Jail
In breach of the Modern Slavery Act, female victims of human trafficking are being unlawfully held in prisons across the UK, jailed for [...]
Will Raising Marriage Age to 18 Stop Forced Marriages?
MPs are currently debating whether or not to raise the minimum legal age of marriage in the UK to 18 in a quest to prevent 16-and [...]
UK anti-slavery chief calls for child trafficking to be dealt with locally
In an interview with The Independent this week, the UK’s anti-slavery commissioner called for an overhaul of Britain’s approach to [...]
U.K. ministers urged to change policy that facilitates exploitation of overseas domestic workers
Government ministers in the U.K. are being urged to change a 2012 policy that removed the rights of holders of overseas domestic worker [...]
New data shows trafficking survivors consistently failed by U.K.
Hundreds of trafficking survivors are being wrongfully turned away by the U.K. government and denied the support they are entitled to. [...]
How modern slavery charges harm sex workers
Sex workers in the U.K. are facing raids, arrests and prosecution under modern slavery charges for working together to protect [...]
U.K.’s survivor support system ‘at breaking point’
The Independent reports how trafficking survivors in the U.K. are being left without crucial support and vulnerable to re-trafficking [...]
Qatar Poised to Abolish the Kafala System in Two Months
Qatar is promising to abolish the kafala system in time for the World Cup in 2022 and usher in major migrant labor reforms according [...]
“We See a Surge in Trafficking Each Time a New iPhone is Released”
Social media is a double-edged sword in much of the developing world, a market that has helped social media giants reap tremendous [...]
UK Backs Ad Campaign to Stop Nigerian Women from Migrating
The UK government is endorsing a new ad campaign aimed at stopping Nigerian women from migrating to Britain. It’s a controversial [...]
As we recognize health workers as heroes, we cannot forget those who make their gloves
The doctors, nurses, and care workers of the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) have been rightfully lauded as heroes during the [...]
Campaign success as Mastercard and Visa step away from Pornhub
Trigger warning: this article has descriptions of child sexual abuse that may be upsetting for some readers. Two of the world’s largest [...]
1,000 survivors in the U.K. gain financial independence thanks to HSBC
HSBC U.K. continues to provide a model to other banking institutions with its trafficking survivor services or ‘Survivor Bank’. [...]