Tag: modern slavery
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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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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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Survivor support U-turn: Our response
On Friday 1st December, the Government confirmed it would not honour promises to ensure survivors of modern slavery could access support earlier, and for longer. Our statement: After six year wait, the government has broken its promise to survivors of modern slavery “The least survivors deserve is basic protection after making the difficult, and often…
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CHARITY SECTOR LETTER: DON’T PUNISH SURVIVORS FOR COMING FORWARD
[Letter downloadable here] Joint letter from 30+ NGOs to The Telegraph, in response to Modern slavery law ‘is biggest loophole’ for migrants Theresa May’s legislation exploited by criminals to escape deportation, says former minister published 17 August 2022 We are concerned by renewed attempts, as published in The Telegraph yesterday [17 August] to restrict the already basic,…
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Statement on Nationality and Borders Bill vote (08/12)
Today, the Nationality and Borders Bill passed its third reading, and various attempts to limit harms to trafficking survivors were rejected at report stage. This is our statement: “We are dejected after today’s vote. Even modest compromises, proposed to mitigate harm against trafficking victims, were rejected by Government in the Nationality and Borders Bill’s report…
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Campaign news: Government “does not back” end to detention of trafficking victims. Rejects calls for 12 months’ victim support.
This week, we are saddened by the Government’s response to our Anti Slavery Day joint letter, supported by more than 50+ experts by experience, academics, NGOs and law firms. The coalition of advocates called on Government to back provisions in the Modern Slavery (Victim Support) Bill, which would guarantee all human trafficking survivors a minimum…
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Hidden Futures: UK MPs and Lords misled on trafficking data “25 times” since Modern Slavery Act
A new report by After Exploitation highlights the “routine” denial and supression of modern slavery data by Government. Hidden Futures: How Data Denial Threatens the Fight Against Slavery highlights how repeated refusals to share data on the UK’s slavery response has allowed the detention and deportation of trafficking victims to continue without political challenge. Drawing…
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After Exploitation data shows 1 in 5 potential slavery victims “identified but not referred for support”
New data obtained by After Exploitation reveals that 1 in 5 (19%) potential slavery victims identified by UK authorities are not referred into the framework designed to provide them with legal assistance, counselling and safe housing. 4,355 potential slavery victims were identified in a four-month period last year, but 1 in 5 (19%, n =…
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Victim Support (Modern Slavery) Bill: After Exploitation welcomes calls for data transparency
After Exploitation are pleased to join the Free For Good campaign, which has played a vital role in supporting Lord McColl’s Modern Slavery (Victim Support) Bill. The proposed law and would provide victims of modern slavery with a minimum of 12 months’ support, and guaranteed protection from deportation or detention within that time. The Bill…
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