Patrick Burland
patrickburland.bsky.social
Patrick Burland
@patrickburland.bsky.social
Senior Project Officer, Protection and Labour Migration unit, IOM UK.
Criminal exploitation, human trafficking and NRM data.
November 3, 2025 at 11:46 AM
October 28, 2025 at 12:18 PM
A trillion dollar technology
October 28, 2025 at 12:18 PM
"Individuals travelling to the UK illegally are sold a lie by smuggling gangs that they will be able to live and work freely in the UK, when in reality they often end up facing squalid living conditions, minimal pay and inhumane working hours." www.gov.uk/government/n...
Smuggling or trafficking?
July 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM
It's like a day 1 case study on the Palermo Protocol in a training exercise on understanding the differences between terms like "human trafficking" and "smuggling"
June 4, 2025 at 8:49 AM
I've not heard much discussion about the number of negative conclusive grounds contributing to the reduction in the backlog of NRM decisions.
May 8, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Report on an unannounced inspection of the UK short-term holding facilities at France-UK Borders discusses lack of safeguarding for potential victims of trafficking and cases of re-trafficking

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February 27, 2025 at 9:18 AM
In Samarqand for a meeting about the UK's seasonal worker scheme
November 23, 2024 at 10:46 AM