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  • International Women’s Day statement 2025: “Exploited women and girls are leading the fight against slavery but, too often, they are being failed”

    International Women’s Day statement 2025: “Exploited women and girls are leading the fight against slavery but, too often, they are being failed”

    Women impacted by modern slavery  are a significant force for change. In our experience, many are exposing injustice, demanding better protections, and pushing for the inclusion of survivors’ voices in the charity sector and political life. Yet, many survivors face immigration restrictions[1] or criminalisation[2], which can bar them from work, including in the very sectors…

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  • Joint letter: “We must shift focus to victims and survivors of child sexual exploitation”

    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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  • UK under the spotlight: Our submission to the Group Europe’s Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA)

    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

    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

    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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  • ‘A can of worms’: Challenges and opportunities in gathering modern slavery evidence

    ‘A can of worms’: Challenges and opportunities in gathering modern slavery evidence

    14th May 2024 – A new report by After Exploitation outlines the UK’s failure to collect and publish vital data on modern slavery, including details of how many survivors can access help. DATA GAPS  ‘A can of worms’: Challenges and opportunities in modern slavery evidence gathering outlines the UK Government’s persistent failure to release figures…

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  • Tribunal win: Home Office wrong to refuse modern slavery appeals data

    This week, a tribunal ruled that the Home Office was wrong to refuse us information on modern slavery reconsiderations under the guise that it would be published ‘at a future date’. Reconsideration data is crucial, as it reveals how many survivors of modern slavery are likely living without the support they are entitled to after…

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  • Safety of Rwanda Bill: Explainer and statement

    This week, the Safety of Rwanda Bill (SoR) was passed. This government legislation opens asylum seekers up to the risk of deportation to Rwanda. There, their asylum claims will be decided by the Rwandan government rather than the UK. What does this mean for survivors of modern slavery who are also asylum seekers, and why…

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  • Mayoral candidates: Pledge to prioritise modern slavery

    22nd March 2024 – After Exploitation is part of a coalition of organisations, joining the Human Trafficking Foundation ahead of mayoral elections, calling for candidates to combat modern slavery and support survivors as a matter of priority. Original statement published here. We believe that metro Mayors play a vital role in tackling modern slavery, so…

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  • Joint statement: Tribunal fees risk repeating “mistakes of the past”

    1st March 2024 – After Exploitation joins the Trade Unions Congress (TUC) and others in raising the alarm over proposals to re-introduce employment fees in employment tribunals. We are concerned that this move would introduce an unnecessary barrier to justice, particularly in cases where workers have already been made vulnerable or financially worse-off by exploitative…

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