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modern slavery

If we want to prevent modern slavery, we must start with preventing homelessness
Mick Clarke and Eleanor Lyons

If we want to prevent modern slavery, we must start with preventing homelessness

Traffickers look for people who are isolated, desperate, and off the radar – common realities for people experiencing homelessness
If Labour really wants to protect women, it must restore domestic workers' rights
Marissa Begonia

If Labour really wants to protect women, it must restore domestic workers' rights

UK's landmark Modern Slavery Act is 10 years old. But justice is still out of reach for many survivors
human trafficking and modern slavery protesters
Cat Linton

UK's landmark Modern Slavery Act is 10 years old. But justice is still out of reach for many survivors

Migrant care worker left homeless after being 'exploited' UK employer: 'It's a national scandal'
Immigration

Migrant care worker left homeless after being 'exploited' UK employer: 'It's a national scandal'

We're the first people modern slavery victims speak to when getting help. Their stories are shocking
Modern slavery

We're the first people modern slavery victims speak to when getting help. Their stories are shocking

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I'm a survivor of modern slavery – this is the shocking way I was treated by the UK government
Rosemarie/ the Voice of Domestic Workers
Rosemarie

I'm a survivor of modern slavery – this is the shocking way I was treated by the UK government

I was trafficked and forced to work 23 hours a day. How was I meant to return to normality?
Modern slavery

I was trafficked and forced to work 23 hours a day. How was I meant to return to normality?

How we define 'sexual exploitation' is fuelling violence against women and girls
domestic abuse
Kimberley Hutchison

How we define 'sexual exploitation' is fuelling violence against women and girls

Conflating sex work and sex trafficking is harmful and needs to stop, Labour told
anti violence against women graffiti says 'women deserve better'
Sex work

Conflating sex work and sex trafficking is harmful and needs to stop, Labour told

UK immigration policy is stuck in a race to the bottom – with human traffickers the only winners
Lucila Granada

UK immigration policy is stuck in a race to the bottom – with human traffickers the only winners

I didn't know I was a human trafficking victim till I was in my 50s – why did nobody rescue me?
slavery still exists in the modern world poster
Modern slavery

I didn't know I was a human trafficking victim till I was in my 50s – why did nobody rescue me?

Modern slavery is still rife in the UK – where do we go from here?
slavery still exists in the modern world poster
Helen Ball

Modern slavery is still rife in the UK – where do we go from here?

'It's changed our life': These modern slavery survivors are finding hope at Christmas through music
modern slavery choir
Modern slavery

'It's changed our life': These modern slavery survivors are finding hope at Christmas through music

How can we tackle modern slavery if those on the frontline don’t know what it looks like?
human trafficking and modern slavery protesters
Maya Esslemont

How can we tackle modern slavery if those on the frontline don’t know what it looks like?

I was forced to work unpaid and never let out of the house. Modern slavery is all around us in the UK
Modern slavery

I was forced to work unpaid and never let out of the house. Modern slavery is all around us in the UK

Criminal gangs are taking control of vulnerable people's homes and using them as drug dens
police on patrol
Crime

Criminal gangs are taking control of vulnerable people's homes and using them as drug dens

We took the Home Office to task for lying on modern slavery. We still don’t have answers
car washes have been highlighted as modern slavery hotspots
MAYA ESSLEMONT

We took the Home Office to task for lying on modern slavery. We still don’t have answers

Anti-poverty campaigner and former Labour minister Frank Field dies aged 81: 'He saved many lives'
Frank Field
Politics

Anti-poverty campaigner and former Labour minister Frank Field dies aged 81: 'He saved many lives'

Modern slavery survivors face being sent to Rwanda after MPs vote down deportation bill amendments
UK Jamaica policy
Rwanda bill

Modern slavery survivors face being sent to Rwanda after MPs vote down deportation bill amendments

I was groomed by drug gangs and forced into slavery, aged 9. I'm lucky to have made it out alive
modern slavery
Modern slavery

I was groomed by drug gangs and forced into slavery, aged 9. I'm lucky to have made it out alive

Modern slavery survivor Ilja was sex trafficked for years. Now she's speaking out to help others
Modern slavery

Modern slavery survivor Ilja was sex trafficked for years. Now she's speaking out to help others

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Reports of forced labour, sex trafficking and domestic servitude at record high in Britain
Modern day slavery

Reports of forced labour, sex trafficking and domestic servitude at record high in Britain

'Tied' visas are putting migrant domestic workers at risk of abuse
Migrant workers

'Tied' visas are putting migrant domestic workers at risk of abuse

Borders Bill will be 'catastrophic' for victims of modern slavery, MPs told
Home Office

Borders Bill will be 'catastrophic' for victims of modern slavery, MPs told

The Big Issue is getting tough on modern slavery
Let's Talk modern slavery
News

The Big Issue is getting tough on modern slavery

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