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Tracking 'hidden' data on modern slavery and exploitation in the UK. Our briefing on survivors' access to compensation is now live ⬇️

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Stereotyping CSE undermines public understanding, making it harder for professionals and the public to spot cases that don't fit the 'mould'

Nearly 50 charities, survivors, law firms and academics have signed our letter to @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social:

afterexploitation.com/2025/06/26/j...
Joint letter to Yvette Cooper: Child sexual exploitation (CSE) must not be stereotyped
27th June 2025 – Following Baroness Casey’s audit on group-based child sexual exploitation (CSE) and abuse (CSA), we have grown concerned by the lack of recognition for CSE support, com…
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Human rights underpin our everyday lives, often in invisible ways but always there when you need them.

Easily sacrificed for political expediency. Hard felt by all of us when gone.

ORG joined @libertyhq.bsky.social and hundreds of groups to defend the ECHR ✊

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Leaving the ECHR won’t stop the boats, 300 organisations warn in rallying cry
Prime minister Keir Starmer urged to make positive case for ECHR after Kemi Badenoch pledged a Tory government would leave the treaty
www.independent.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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The big hole in the new Employment Rights Act is that some workers still have to risk deportation to report labour abuses.

So pleased that Baroness Hamwee is supporting our call for migrant workers to be able to report bad employers without fear: bills.parliament.uk/bills/3929/s...
Unnumbered amendment to Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill to Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament
Baroness Hamwee's amendment After Clause 48 () to Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill, proposed during Report stage
bills.parliament.uk
October 29, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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Stereotyping CSE undermines public understanding, making it harder for professionals and the public to spot cases that don't fit the 'mould'

Nearly 50 charities, survivors, law firms and academics have signed our letter to @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social:

afterexploitation.com/2025/06/26/j...
Joint letter to Yvette Cooper: Child sexual exploitation (CSE) must not be stereotyped
27th June 2025 – Following Baroness Casey’s audit on group-based child sexual exploitation (CSE) and abuse (CSA), we have grown concerned by the lack of recognition for CSE support, com…
afterexploitation.com
June 27, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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Do you help asylum seekers apply for Section 4 and Section 95 support? Want to learn more about how to help your clients gather the best evidence, and make the strongest applications possible? Find out more about ASAP's next free online training on 16th of July: www.asaproject.org/training/upc...
June 20, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Stereotyping CSE undermines public understanding, making it harder for professionals and the public to spot cases that don't fit the 'mould'

Nearly 50 charities, survivors, law firms and academics have signed our letter to @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social:

afterexploitation.com/2025/06/26/j...
Joint letter to Yvette Cooper: Child sexual exploitation (CSE) must not be stereotyped
27th June 2025 – Following Baroness Casey’s audit on group-based child sexual exploitation (CSE) and abuse (CSA), we have grown concerned by the lack of recognition for CSE support, com…
afterexploitation.com
June 27, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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Only 4% of adults referred as victims of modern slavery get counselling through the Home Office-funded scheme for survivors.

In theory, survivors can get counselling via the NHS, but many are dismissed or face long delays:

afterexploitation.com/2025/06/11/m...

#UK #politics #news #uknews
June 11, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Only 4% of adults referred as victims of modern slavery get counselling through the Home Office-funded scheme for survivors.

In theory, survivors can get counselling via the NHS, but many are dismissed or face long delays:

afterexploitation.com/2025/06/11/m...

#UK #politics #news #uknews
June 11, 2025 at 8:42 AM
The Data (Use and Access) Bill makes sweeping changes to information rights in the UK. The changes threaten survivors’ access to justice + privacy by

- Limiting SARs
- Granting data controllers more power
- Weakening personal data safeguards

Read the briefing:
afterexploitation.com/2025/05/31/d...
Data (Use and Access) Bill: Impact on survivors of modern slavery
29th May 2025 – The Data (Use and Access) Bill (DUAB) poses a serious risk to survivors of modern slavery. Drawing on lived experience testimony and practitioner research, our fact sheet outl…
afterexploitation.com
May 31, 2025 at 6:19 PM
"Emphasis on one ‘type’ of victim stops survivors coming forward"

After Exploitation commissioned mental health advocate and survivor, Kate Elysia, to work with an artist illustrating her perspectives on exploitation.

Read the interview with Kate here ⤵️

afterexploitation.com/2025/05/23/b...
May 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Mimi Jalmasco speaking at the joint #SurvivorFutures webinar w/ VODW, @ilpaimmigration.bsky.social @kalayaan.org.uk @kingsartshums.bsky.social:

"The best way to prevent re-trafficking of migrant domestic workers is reinstating our visa rights. The right to change employers and have real protection"
May 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Webinar this Monday, 4-6pm 💻

Learn about re-trafficking and how it can relate to asylum cases

Collaboration between @ilpaimmigration.bsky.social @afterexploitation.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social Voice of Domestic Workers + Kalayaan

www.kcl.ac.uk/events/claim...
Claiming Asylum and Re-trafficking
We will look at claiming asylum for survivors of human trafficking and modern slavery on the grounds of a risk of re-trafficking.
www.kcl.ac.uk
May 16, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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To understand Britain’s immigration system, if you’re caught in it, helping those who are, or just to learn more - use Right to Remain’s Toolkit: righttoremain.org.uk/toolkit/

Written for regular people by legal experts at
@right-to-remain.bsky.social
May 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Speaking to @migrantvoice.bsky.social, we said:

"Survivors have the worst of both worlds: those who need support aren't guaranteed it, whilst survivors who want to return to work often can't because of immigration restrictions"

www.migrantvoice.org/articles/lac... #ModernSlavery #Trafficking
Lack of support for freed victims of modern slavery
One of the current government’s first announcements was a promise to clear the backlog of 23,300 modern slavery cases it had inherited and help get the victims’ lives back to normal.
www.migrantvoice.org
May 12, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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Updated with the report stage amendments published this week
May 9, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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Maya really is so good at FOIs, I cannot recommend this workshop enough
April 29, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Freedom of Information (FOI) requests can play a huge role in holding those with power to account.

Join us on 8th May for a training workshop exploring how to create FOIs for impact, challenge refusals and get hard-to-reach information.

afterexploitation.com/2025/04/07/i...

#politics #democracy
Workshop: Introduction to Freedom of Information (FOIs), 8th May 2025
This summer, we’re hosting a range of workshops on Freedom of Information (FOI), start with our online introduction to using FOI requests this May! Date: Thu May 08 2025 Time: 14:00 – 1…
afterexploitation.com
April 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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📢FOI in the News!

Thousands of trafficking victims reject government support for fear of deportation according to new FOI data obtained by the Observer and anti-slavery charity After Exploitation.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

#Refugees #HomeOffice #joinCFOI #accountability
Trafficking victims rejecting UK government support because they fear being deported
Nearly 6,000 victims of modern slavery chose not to be referred for help last year, new data shows
www.theguardian.com
April 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
[Webinar - Survivors only]

Tomorrow, we're joining Survivor Alliance to host a webinar on changes to sexual exploitation definitions in the UK. We'll cover:

▪️What the changes mean
▪️How they may impact survivors
▪️How we can campaign against the changes

Sign up here: forms.gle/7rb5pgYbbyJw...
April 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Each year, hundreds of modern slavery survivors are held in UK prisons. Many more get criminal records.

How are so many opportunities to identify and support victim-survivors of trafficking / slavery being missed?

Our fact sheet with Hibiscus explains:

afterexploitation.com/2025/04/15/f...
April 15, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Each year, hundreds of modern slavery survivors are held in UK prisons. Many more get criminal records.

How are so many opportunities to identify and support victim-survivors of trafficking / slavery being missed?

Our fact sheet with Hibiscus explains:

afterexploitation.com/2025/04/15/f...
April 15, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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From yesterday: Ten years after the introduction of the Modern Slavery Act, safety is more elusive than ever | Sonia Lenegan
Ten years after the introduction of the Modern Slavery Act, safety is more elusive than ever - Free Movement
This week marked ten years since the Modern Slavery Act 2015 came into force. The trafficking statistics for October to December 2024 have been published,
freemovement.org.uk
March 28, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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Today marks 10 years since the Modern Slavery Act, which centered on support for victims of trafficking.

But trafficking must be stopped before it happens. With the Employment Rights Bill going through Parliament, there is an opportunity to address the conditions which allow trafficking to thrive.
March 26, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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Modern Slavery Act 10 years on.
No civil proceedings brought against any business under Section 54.
Survivors of modern slavery imprisoned for crimes they committed under the control of their traffickers despite Section 45.
March 26, 2025 at 9:28 AM
"Survivors of slavery are now under more pressure to provide more evidence ... it is harder to challenge a rejection and access help"

We talk through the 30-day deadline for reconsiderations, + our report w/ @antislavery.org.
Via @freylindsay.bsky.social @forbes.com:

www.forbes.com/sites/freyli...
NGOs Say U.K. Government Neglecting Victims Of Trafficking And Slavery
Several years ago the government quietly made it harder for people to seek protection after escaping slavery. A new report shows that move has had the predictable result.
www.forbes.com
March 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
"A recent survey by Women for Refugee Women found almost a quarter of women had been subjected to sexual harassment or abuse from another hotel resident, while 12% had experienced this from hotel staff."
🚨Women seeking asylum in UK allege sexual abuse in hotel accommodation, an investigation by The Observer.

We have long warned of the dangers of asylum accommodation, including hotels, for women seeking safety.

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www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Women seeking asylum in UK allege sexual abuse in mixed-sex hotels
Claims of sexual violence made against other asylum seekers and staff include case of a 14-year-old who was allegedly raped
www.theguardian.com
March 25, 2025 at 1:32 PM