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Joint letter: “We must shift focus to victims and survivors of child sexual exploitation”
16th January 2025 – Amidst divisive narratives on child sexual exploitation in the UK, nearly 70 experts in exploitation, child safeguarding and human rights are calling for an urgent shift away from sensationalism and towards survivor support. As organisations, law firms, experts by experience, and academics with a focus on exploitation, we call for those…
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Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (2025): After Exploitation statement
31st January 2025 – Time and time again, evidence has shown that a ‘detain first, ask later’ approach sees highly vulnerable people locked in prison-like settings simply because of their immigration status. We are concerned that the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill grants the government wide-ranging powers to detain more people seeking asylum, potentially inclusive of modern slavery…
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UK under the spotlight: Our submission to the Group Europe’s Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA)
22nd December 2024. The Group of Experts on Action Against Trafficking in Human Being (GRETA) is the body responsible for monitoring whether the UK acts in accordance with the Council of Europe Convention on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings (ECAT). Complying with ECAT means making sure survivors of modern slavery have access to a number…
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Report: Inconsistent and insensitive training on modern slavery offered by local councils
10th December 2024 – A new report by After Exploitation, UK BME Anti-Slavery Network (BASNET) and AFRUCA has found that modern slavery training offered to local council staff, in England, is of inconsistent quality and availability. Roughly 1 in 4 (26%) of local councils could not confirm that they provided standalone modern slavery training, or…
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Fact sheet: Understanding the differences between sexual exploitation and sex work
21st November 2024 – A new briefing from After Exploitation, Anti-Slavery International, Decrim Now, the English Collective of Prostitutes, Freedom United, and University College London (UCL)’s Jill Dando Institute of Security and Crime Science clarifies the distinct realities of sexual exploitation and sex work. This briefing addresses the risks of conflating sexual exploitation with all…
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Joint letter: Suspend immigration reporting amidst UK riots
9th August 2024 – After Exploitation is one of 137 organisations, law centres, and community groups demanding the suspension of immigration reporting. The below correspondence was sent to the UK’s Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, and asks that appropriate measures are put in place whilst far-right riots continue to pose a risk for migrants and refugees.…
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New data: Re-trafficking fears, as thousands are repeatedly referred as slavery victims
26th July 2024 – New data secured by After Exploitation reveals that a significant number of trafficking victims referred last year had already been referred previously. After Exploitation requested this data, following concerns raised by practitioners in our report ‘A can of worms’: Challenges and opportunities in gathering modern slavery evidence. In the report, interviewees…
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Applying for compensation (CICA) as a survivor of modern slavery: Q&A with Emily Vaughn
As a new briefing from After Exploitation highlights, survivors of exploitation, modern slavery and human trafficking can apply for compensation through the ‘Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority’ (CICA) but most do not. This is partly due to a lack of publicity around the scheme, as well as practical hurdles facing survivors who want to start the…
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Statement on proposed Relationship, Sex and Health Education (SHRE) changes: impact on children at risk of trafficking and exploitation
16th May 2024: The following statement was issued jointly by modern slavery organisations After Exploitation, Anti-Slavery International, Stop and Prevent Adolescent Criminal Exploitation (SPACE), modern slavery consultants Joanne Phillips and Emily Vaughn, and Dr Ella Cockbain of University College London (UCL). The statement addresses Government proposals to reduce access to certain forms of sex and…
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