By increasing insecurity around immigration status, the UK is playing into the hands of modern slavery perpetrators.
🔗 Read our full statement on our site: www.antislavery.org/latest/asi-s...
Anti-Slavery International are deeply concerned about the UK Government’s earned settlement proposal & the recent announcement from the Home Secretary that would reduce refugees’ status from 5 years to 30 months, & the impact this may have on modern slavery survivors.
Some in Government insist that modern slavery claims are being used to get in the way of deportation attempts.
This narrative misses that in fact, claims of experiencing modern slavery are met with huge barriers in immigration detention.
She makes the case for moving beyond crisis management towards a preventive, rights-based response where modern slavery is embedded as a core safeguarding responsibility.
🔗 Read the full blog here: www.antislavery.org/latest/beyon...
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In this first blog, Emily reflects on the barriers Local Authorities face as First Responders – from inconsistent identification to fragmented multi-agency working.
We’re launching a new series of guest blogs from experts who helped shape the joint Middlesex University and Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group training framework, designed to strengthen Local Authorities’ responses to modern slavery.
▶️ Head to our website to watch journalist Maya Burnand’s documentary on the Uyghur crisis
💙 Donate to our Uyghur Appeal to help end Uyghur forced labour: www.antislavery.org/uyghur-crisi...
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UK action has a real global impact and is part of our wider global effort to challenge forced labour wherever it occurs. We must spotlight these abuses and make sure governments and companies cannot ignore Uyghur abuses.
In the UK, these materials risk tainting products we use every day, like cotton in apparel and textile products, quartz and polysilicon in solar panels, and tomatoes in tomato paste.
Three stills taken from Maya Burnand's 'Made in Italy' documentary, of Rahima Mahmut saying "People think, 'Oh, I got it for so cheap, you know, such a lovely dress', but people need to know why that dress is so cheap".
🚨 We’ve just launched our Emergency Uyghur Appeal – your support is needed today.
Raw materials in several sectors have been linked to state-imposed forced labour in the Uyghur region.
By failing to ensure that the rights and dignity of migrant workers are guaranteed and respected by employers, these abuses are being enabled.
🔗 To learn more about the experiences of migrant domestic workers under a sponsorship system, read our latest blog: www.antislavery.org/latest/inter...
According to the Coalition on Labour Justice for Migrants in the Gulf, there are 31 million migrant workers in the GCC countries, many of which are exposed to situations of severe exploitation.
Restrictions on freedoms, wage theft and isolation are all realities often faced by migrant workers in countries where sponsorship systems exist, such as in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries.
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Human trafficking has to be stopped.
And governments need to take their responsibility to protect people against this crime seriously.
Anti-Slavery International stands with survivors, always. And we remain steadfast in our mission to end slavery worldwide.
We're #hiring for a Head of Operations! 🚀
You'll ensure the smooth functioning of the organisation and work with the Senior Management Team (SMT) to develop the new strategic direction of the organisation.
📅Deadline: 11:59 PM GMT, 15 March 2026.
🔗Apply: www.antislavery.org/about-us/job...
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➡️ Increase wages to help prevent exploitation.
No response.
Anti-Slavery International urges the UK Government to back the calls from experts and people affected by the seasonal worker visa and commit to safeguarding workers' welfare and interests through action, not just in principle.
➡️ Guaranteeing at least 2 months’ pay to help prevent workers from falling into debt.
The Government pointed to the Employer Pays Principle as a better route to preventing debt. But Government representatives have already said that they have no plans to implement the Principle.
➡️ Allow a more flexible visa (reducing how long workers have to wait to return to the UK for work)
This would help safeguard workers against harm & prevent debt bondage, but the Government admits immigration rules would make this too hard to go as far as the Migration Advisory Committee recommends.
New article from @tbij.bsky.social details recommendations (made by the Migration Advisory Committee in July 2024) to improve the seasonal worker scheme that the UK Government either rejected or ignored.
Here is a summary of the recommendations and how the UK Government responded:
Everyone should be able to access safe and secure work. But we know the seasonal worker visa, introduced in 2019, has contributed to people being exploited and harmed in UK businesses' supply chains.
“For the last few years, calls to reform the seasonal worker visa have gone largely ignored. Now, the government has even rejected several recommendations from its own independent immigration advisers.”
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Brands must act responsibly to protect garment workers’ futures and create a safer, more ethical and sustainable fashion industry for all.
🔗 Read @business-humanrights.org's briefing here: www.business-humanrights.org/en/from-us/b...
The recorded incidents are not isolated. Political and economic instability, as well as a production model that depends on low costs and intense pressure on suppliers, increase labour rights abuses in the garment industry.
⚠️ The Business and Human Rights Centre’s (BHRC) new research shows that Myanmar's garment workers, who make clothes for major worldwide fashion brands, are facing increased, systemic abuse in the workplace since the 2021 military coup.
This week, London Fashion Week kicks off. Every London Fashion Week, we think about and spotlight harms that occur within and across supply chains, to urge businesses to improve working conditions worldwide.
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With 339 local authorities designated as First Responders, strengthening training capacity is essential to ensure more consistent, accountable, and survivor-centred responses to modern slavery across England and Wales.
🔗 Full framework and executive summary: www.antislavery.org/reports/trai...
