Thousands of suspected modern slavery victims are waiting over two years for Home Office decision - charities and former domestic workers warn wait is forcing some back into the arms of exploitative employees, with many lacking right to work while awaiting a decision https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/modern-slavery-victim-home-office-human-trafficking-b2304512.html
#ModernSlavery #modernSlaveryPolicy #Trafficking #Exploitation #DomesticWorkers #HumanRights
“We are deeply concerned that with every day that passes, slavery survivors who may have been trafficked or enslaved either across borders or internally within the UK, will be at real and immediate risk of being retrafficked again within the UK due to a failure to act swiftly and decisively by the UK government.”
Stark warning from charities inc Kalayaan, Focus on Labour Exploitation and Salvation Army https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/feb/13/modern-slavery-survivors-could-be-retrafficked-in-uk-charities-warn
#ModernSlavery #Trafficking #Exploitation #modernSlaveryPolicy
The system for identifying and supporting modern slavery survivors is already struggling to cope, but remains the only route out of exploitation for many domestic workers. New rules requiring objective evidence at the first stage of the process will exacerbate the issue and deter many from coming forward https://www.politicshome.com/thehouse/article/uks-modern-slavery-system-increasingly-failing-victims
#DomesticWorkers #Exploitation #modernSlavery #modernSlaveryPolicy @criticalmodernslaverystudies
While attacking the already limited protections for modern slavery survivors and scaremongering about migrants ‘gaming’ the system, the govt has failed, for eight months, to appoint an Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner - a role required under the 2015 Modern Slavery Act https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/migrants-channel-modern-slavery-watchdog-b2242450.html
#modernSlavery #modernSlaveryPolicy #Trafficking #MigrantsRights #HumanRights
The government has announced plans to significantly raise the threshold for someone to be recognised as a survivor of modern slavery.
As Kate Roberts of Focus on Labour Exploitation explains in this post, the changes will endanger survivors and risk cutting people off from vital support, disregarding the impact of trauma on testimony https://www.labourexploitation.org/news/raising-threshold-recent-government-changes-modern-slavery-system-will-significantly-harm
The UK Prime Minister’s Asylum Statement published last week has serious implications for the identification of survivors of trafficking and modern slavery and their access to support and recovery services
We came across an institution's website with a #ModernSlaveryPolicy.
It was long-winded #bureaucratic grift, but apparently by promising a chat with top #suppliers once a month they'll reduce #humanTrafficking and #slavery.
But they admit during #covid they've not been doing it.
Of course not – you poor darlings.
Given that #debtBased fiat currencies represent modern slavery, you can probably guess our two-word solution…
USE BITCOIN
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