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Modern slavery moves into UK’s hospitality sector

Abuses evident for years in the UK care sector are now becoming apparent in the hospitality industry, according to a local charity [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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Modern slavery “greater than ever” in UK, as tech and cost of living drive exploitation

A new report in the UK warns that exploitation in the UK is on the rise. Experts say rising cost of living, growing debt and insecure [...]

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 [...]

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Immigrant detention watchdog shuts down as reports of abuse and use of force surge

The US government has shut down the only independent office tasked with investigating abuse in immigration detention centers, even as [...]

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 [...]