Trafficking victims may be able to recover in UK in Home Office U-turn
‘I never expected this in the UK’: modern slavery expert receives death threat
Thousands of modern slavery victims in UK feared back with traffickers after seeking help
New law on child exploitation by drug dealers in Labour crime crackdown
June 2024
Human rights group urges UK financial regulator to block Shein’s LSE flotation
‘He didn’t have a contract for me’: the Indian careworkers who paid agents to work in Britain
May 2024
Mongrel review – Zen-like tale of compassion and suffering among migrant care workers
Close attention is required for this sombre but impressive Taiwanese feature debut about exploited illegal staff, and their patients and gangmasters
April 2024
The long read
From low-level drug dealer to human trafficker: are modern slavery laws catching the wrong people?
The long read: When I heard that a boy from my primary school had been convicted of trafficking, I had to find out what had happened to make him fall so far
Today in Focus
The devil walking on Earth – part 1
Annie Kelly reports on the story of Sosa Henkoma, who was exploited by drug gangs as a child and now mentors young people at risk of gang violence
Migrant workers at greater risk of modern slavery after Brexit, research finds
Exclusive: Visas created hastily to solve labour shortages expose people to ‘hyper-precarity’ and exploitation
March 2024
‘If you want to abuse your workers, that’s fine’: UK modern slavery watchdog’s funding cut
Rights and freedom
Sexual exploitation drives 37% rise in profits from forced labour, ILO says
January 2024
Theresa May to confront Home Office over ‘appalling’ secret policy on trafficking victims
Department has admitted that it hid the policy due to concerns about former PM’s reaction
Indonesian fruit picker landed in debt bondage challenges Home Office
Test case likely against UK’s seasonal worker scheme as charity alleges breach of right to be protected from labour exploitation
Home Office U-turns on policy to restrict help for trafficking victims
Modern slavery in social care surging since visa rules eased
Governments failing to properly tackle modern slavery, says Theresa May
December 2023
At least 20% of NHS suppliers at ‘high risk’ of modern slavery use, review says
Many makers of PPE and surgical instruments are based in China, where about 100,000 people may be trapped in forced labour
Modern slavery ‘a feature’ of care sector in England since Brexit
End of free movement of workers from EU has significantly increased possibilities of exploitation, care watchdog tells MPs
Patel and Braverman accused of secret policy to deny trafficking victims leave to remain
Home Office unlawfully failed to issue permission to stay, court told, despite ruling that 1,600 were entitled to it
