The UK’s Annual Report on Modern Slavery has been published. It covers key developments across the UK in modern slavery from October 2020 to end of September 2021.
Immigration proposals currently making their way through Westminster would ‘effectively tear up the Modern Slavery Act’ letting down victims of modern slavery and human trafficking, the government has heard.
Members of the CARE NI team gave evidence yesterday to the Justice Committee at the Northern Ireland Assembly on the importance of long-term support for modern slavery victims.
The UK Government has come under fire for aspects of its Nationality and Borders Bill, which could cut support available to victims of modern slavery.
The UK’s Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner has hit out at government immigration proposals that could frustrate efforts to help modern slavery victims.
On Monday, the UK’s Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner, Dame Sara Thornton, set out her priorities for victims of modern slavery and human trafficking at the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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