Trafficking victims pregnant or with children systematically overlooked
Press release: Trafficking victims with children are ‘systematically overlooked’ in the UK Keep reading »
Articles tagged with: UK
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Domestic workers change employers for protection not for immigration
Domestic workers change employers to protect themselves from exploitation and abuse, not to stay in Britain Keep reading »
Home Office changes to Migrant Domestic Worker rules will facilitate slavery
29 February 2012 This morning’s announcement by Home Secretary Theresa May to change the rules for migrant domestic workers, including the removal of the right to change employer, will facilitate slavery and trafficking, say human rights charities Kalayaan and Anti-Slavery International. Migrant domestic workers are vulnerable to horrific abuse and… Keep reading »
New exhibition exposes modern slavery in London
23 August 2011 23 August – 20 November 2011 In partnership with Anti-Slavery International A new exhibition at the Museum of London and Museum of London Docklands will lift the lid on the shocking reality of trafficking and forced labour in the capital. The exhibition, which opens on 23… Keep reading »
UK Anti-trafficking measures ‘not fit for purpose’ and breach international law
16 June 2010 The UK’s new anti-trafficking measures are “not fit for purpose” and the government is breaching its obligations under the European Convention against Trafficking (1), said a coalition of British human rights organisations today (16 June), as it published a new report on trafficking to the UK. The… Keep reading »
Closing trafficking team is madness, says Emma Thompson
23 October 2009 The Oscar winning actress Emma Thompson described plans to close the UK’s only dedicated human trafficking team as ‘madness’. Speaking in London at the Metropolitan Police’s Trafficking Conference, she said: “The decision to dismantle the only team who possess the expertise to deal with trafficking is madness. Keep reading »
Lords vote on new UK slavery law
23 October 2009 The House of Lords has the historic opportunity to protect more than a thousand people estimated to be in slavery in the UK when they vote to make forced labour a crime. The adoption of the new law, expected to be voted on Monday 26 October, would… Keep reading »
Jail for DVD pirates who used Chinese ‘slave labour’
28 July 2009 A father and his two sons have been jailed for a total of eighteen years for running a criminal multi-million pound film piracy industry in London that used ‘a slave labour force’ of Chinese workers (28 July 2009). Khalid Sheikh, 53, and his sons, Sami 28 and… Keep reading »
Leading UK charitable organisations come together to set up Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group
16 July 2009 Anti-Slavery International is one of the leading UK non-governmental organisations to set up a new Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group, which aims to ensure that presumed trafficked persons in the UK can access their rights. The group seeks to understand the impact on presumed trafficked persons of the first… Keep reading »
Mayor says sorry for London slave trade role
24 August 2007 In an important move forward, London’s Mayor Ken Livingston apologised for the capital’s role in the Transatlantic Slave Trade and declared 23 August the city’s annual slavery memorial day. Marking International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition on 23 August, the mayor… Keep reading »