New Plan for Immigration Consultation Response
Identifying and Supporting Victims of Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking On 24 March 2021, the Home Office issued a consultation document ‘New Plan for Immigration’ which aims to reform the… Read More
Six years on: Modern Slavery Act
A few weeks ago at Justice and Care we were called to help eight people found living as slaves in a shipping container in south east England. It was dark,… Read More
Slavery hasn’t gone away during lockdown
Year on year the number of slavery victims found in the UK has been growing exponentially with a 52 per cent increase from 2018 to 2019. Not in 2020. This… Read More
Paloma’s Story: Bravely breaking the grip of slavery
Categories: Stories , Survivor Stories
Paloma is a slavery survivor who our Justice and Care team have been supporting in Bangladesh. She recently played a very courageous and crucial role in bringing the kingpin of… Read More
International Women’s Day: Women Empowering Women
Categories: Stories , Survivor Stories
8 March marks a special day around the world as today, on International Women’s Day, we celebrate the empowerment of women. Today, we celebrate our wives, sisters, daughters, mothers, aunts… Read More
Protecting the most vulnerable: Child Victim Navigator for Essex Police
Categories: Stories , Uncategorized
A key part of our work in the UK is the Victim Navigator Programme – which sees specialised team members embedded in police forces across the UK, helping to bridge… Read More
Scaling up our impact on slavery: Victim Navigator Programme Update
Over Christmas, we supported Maria* as she travelled home to Romania to give evidence against the traffickers who had taken her to the UK and forced her into sexual exploitation. With… Read More
Victim’s Brave Testimony Leads to Conviction
Categories: Stories , Survivor Stories
“Thank you – you gave me the courage to do this.” Supporting slavery victims as they share their traumatic stories is often vital in providing police with enough evidence to… Read More
Shopping ethically this Christmas: Fighting modern slavery in the festive season
How to shop ethically this Christmas: A buyer’s guide to fighting modern slavery in the festive season This week, the BBC has shone more light on the appalling plight of… Read More
Two men rescued in Essex
Categories: Stories
Our Victim Navigator embedded in Essex police, supported a raid on a traveller site. We were able to help rescue a British and a Romanian man from squalid conditions of… Read More