According to the Independent, a recent study has indicated that 3/4 of refugee children trying to get to Europe along the central [...]
Source: The Independent
UK Announces £5.5m Boost to End Modern Slavery in Commonwealth
The UK is stepping up to combat modern slavery across the Commonwealth as it announced a £5.5 million boost in aid to fight the crime [...]
After Slashing Support, UK to Repay Victims
The Home Office has announced a new scheme to repay thousands of victims of modern slavery after the High Court ruled that cuts to [...]
Deport or Support? What Will Home Secretary Priti Patel Do?
The UK has its new Home Office Secretary, Priti Patel. And many are closely eyeing how she plans to help survivors of modern slavery. [...]
Victims of trafficking with children win case for more support in the U.K.
In a case that exposes the reluctance of the U.K. interior ministry to provide adequate support to modern slavery survivors, victims of [...]
Stealth policy could see more trafficking survivors put behind bars
In the U.K., if someone in immigration detention is identified as a potential victim of modern slavery they are automatically [...]
FIFA called to urge Qatar to protect its migrant workforce
Migrant workers in Qatar continue to face serious exploitation, according to a new report by Amnesty International. With one year to go [...]
Departing commissioner laments backslide on U.K.’s anti-modern slavery efforts
Under Boris Johnson’s government, “[modern slavery] is certainly not the priority it was,” says the U.K.’s departing anti-slavery [...]
Modern slavery is rampant in seasonal worker scheme
An investigation by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ) and The Independent has uncovered a report done by the UK Home Office [...]
Recognize and Stamp Out Modern Slavery in the UK
So many people believe that modern day slavery only happens elsewhere, and not so much in Britain. They tell themselves that it is [...]
MPs Lobby for UK to Criminalize Buying Sex as Path to Curb Trafficking
MPs are warning that vulnerable women, largely from Eastern Europe, are being trafficked to the UK for sexual exploitation in [...]
Aid Cuts for Child ‘County Lines’ Victims
Despite a surge in child victims, the UK Home Office announced that it will scale back support for children who were forced to ferry [...]
The Suspicious Surge in Voluntary Returns of Trafficking Victims
New figures reveal that there has been a surge in the number of potential foreign trafficking victims in the UK who returned to their [...]
Campaigners raise alarm in Turkey over marriage of Syrian girls
Syrian girls in Turkey are being married off by their families at increasing rates to cope with the economic pressures of the pandemic, [...]
Lawyers call out U.K.’s unsubstantiated claims about false modern slavery survivors
The U.K.’s interior ministry, the Home Office, recently published a press release entitled “Alarming rise of abuse within modern [...]
Does the U.K. deport child trafficking survivors?
If passed, the U.K.’s controversial Nationality and Borders Bill could increase the risk of deportation for child trafficking survivors [...]
Kafala reforms are failing to protect migrant workers in Qatar
The Independent published a report which describes the situation in one of Qatar’s central industrial zones, approximately 20 km [...]
Survivors behind bars for crimes they were forced to commit
Survivors of modern slavery are being sent to prison for crimes they were forced to commit instead of being identified as victims and [...]