Source: The Independent
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Reason Why Thousands of British Girls Will Not Return to School
The number of girls in Britain being forced into marriage abroad has soared by a third in recent years according to a leading charity. [...]
Should Teachers Be Liable for Reporting Forced Marriages?
The National Education Union, Britain’s largest teachers’ union, is condemning a proposal that would make teachers [...]
Law proposed to lift ban on asylum seekers’ right to work
In a promising step forward for our Lift the Ban campaign, a bill to grant people seeking asylum in the UK the right to work was [...]
Further warnings of modern slavery risk in UK post-pandemic economic slump
The leader of a prominent UK anti-slavery charity had delivered the latest warning that human trafficking threatens to increase amid [...]
Forced labor allegedly used to build Hindu temple in New Jersey
A shocking new lawsuit has claimed that at least 200 workers were lured from India to the United States to build a Hindu temple in [...]
Potentially groundbreaking case against Lebanon’s kafala system
A migrant domestic worker is taking her former employer and a recruitment agency to court in a landmark case which could be [...]
Police raids exposed for not referring trafficking survivors for support
New data has exposed how police raids on the sex industry in the U.K., carried out under the guise of clamping down on modern slavery, [...]
Australian Court finds Sri Lankan diplomat guilty of labor exploitation
Sri Lankan diplomat Himalee Arunatilaka has been ordered by the Federal Court of Australia to pay back wages to her former housekeeper [...]
Libya’s Slave Markets: ‘Don’t Hold Your Breath’
The world has woken up to the reality of Libyan slave markets, where African migrant men are sold off for forced labor to the highest [...]
Labour Accuses May of ‘Hollow’ Modern Slavery Pledges
The Labour party is accusing Prime Minister Theresa May of making ‘hollow’ promises to tackle modern slavery during her [...]
Uganda Shelter for Abused Girls Linked to Child Sex Tourism
A 70-year-old German man in Uganda is being chased by police over allegations that a rehabilitation center at his home was actually the [...]
Survivors like Awais stuck in limbo in UK
In a moving account of the challenges faced by modern slavery victims in the UK, an Afghan survivor told The Independent of the [...]
Less than half of U.K. bank specialists know how to recognize human trafficking
With their ability to monitor financial transactions, banks and other financial institutions are one of the most important players in [...]
Investigation finds widespread mistreatment of modern slavery survivors by police
A concerning new report by police watchdogs in the U.K. has confirmed campaigners’ fears that many modern slavery victims in the [...]
A child trafficking survivor’s plea to the U.K. government
A child trafficking survivor has made an appeal to the United Kingdom’s government to scrap Part 5 of the harmful Nationality and [...]
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 [...]
Slaveholder descendants fund Guaranteed Income Program in reparations effort
A guaranteed income program in the U.S. is making waves by addressing the one family’s legacy of slavery. Launched in Louisiana [...]
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 [...]
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