Anti-Slavery International, Dignity at Work, Focus on Labour Exploitation, Kalayaan, Kanlungan, and The Voice of Domestic Workers.
Migrant domestic workers in the UK – the majority of whom are women – continue to suffer from widespread abuse and exploitation, including situations of trafficking and modern slavery. The Overseas Domestic Worker visa increases vulnerability to exploitation as it restricts migrant domestic workers to a non-renewable six-month visa. While there are mechanisms in place to identify and provide support to victims of trafficking and modern slavery in the UK, these only apply to migrant domestic workers whose treatment amounts to the legal definition of trafficking and modern slavery. Ahead of the 2022 Universal Periodic Review of the UK, Anti-Slavery International, along with other organisations, submitted evidence relating to migrant domestic workers in the UK.
Joint Submission for the the Universal Periodic Review of the UK: