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Free Movement @freemovement.bsky.social · 9d

New from Free Movement: Briefing: is the modern slavery identification system in the UK being misused? | Sonia Lenegan

Briefing: is the modern slavery identification system in the UK being misused? - Free Movement

The Home Secretary has claimed (as have many of the last several of them) that the modern slavery identification process is "being misused" and has used this

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Anti Trafficking and Labour Exploitation Unit @atleu.bsky.social · 7d

Yesterday, our brilliant Lindsay Cundall spoke at the North West Migrants’ Rights Conference, hosted by @gmiau.bsky.social and @gcnchambers.bsky.social. Events like this remind us why collaboration and solidarity are essential in the fight for justice and dignity for all migrants.

Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit (GMIAU) @gmiau.bsky.social · 8d

Panel 3: Trafficking📫

We're listening to 3 speakers share their outstanding work in modern slavery and immigration across the legal and academic fields.

From sharing their experiences of bringing statregic litigation, and of client’s exploitation, to sharing landmark court cases, and so much more!

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Anti Trafficking and Labour Exploitation Unit @atleu.bsky.social · 9d

#RightToWork is crucial for survivors’ recovery, giving freedom, independence, and a chance to heal. The Home Office must speed up immigration and asylum processes so trafficking survivors aren’t left in limbo. Full report: www.atleu.org.uk/cases-news/u....

Anti Trafficking and Labour Exploitation Unit @atleu.bsky.social · 11d

For survivors of trafficking and modern slavery, compensation is far more than a financial payment; it's about restoring dignity, autonomy, and justice, and a chance to rebuild their lives.

#AcessToCompensation #EndTheExploitation

Anti Trafficking and Labour Exploitation Unit @atleu.bsky.social · 12d

The Home Office's own guidance recognises that survivors of #ModernSlavery often delay disclosing their experiences, yet policies still penalise them for doing so. Instead of treating this as a suspicion, the government should focus on protection, not punishment and hostility.

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Anti Trafficking and Labour Exploitation Unit @atleu.bsky.social · 15d

Last month, we released our #UntappingThePower report, which highlights the importance of employing survivors in the anti-trafficking and advice sectors. Organisations must improve the opportunities for survivors in the workplace. Read the report here: www.atleu.org.uk/cases-news/u...

Anti Trafficking and Labour Exploitation Unit @atleu.bsky.social · 15d

(4) It is outrageous that we must implore the @labouruk.bsky.social government to stop targeting survivors with far-right rhetoric and instead focus on prosecuting those who exploit them.

Anti Trafficking and Labour Exploitation Unit @atleu.bsky.social · 15d

(3) As Shabana Mahmood reviews the UK’s #ModernSlavery laws, we urge her to confront the real scandal, which is the lack of protection, justice, and support for survivors, and the system’s persistent failure to hold traffickers to account.

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Anti Trafficking and Labour Exploitation Unit @atleu.bsky.social · 15d

(2) @labouruk.bsky.social has consistently failed to prioritise the prosecution of traffickers or provide support for survivors of #ModernSlavery. Rhetoric of this kind deters survivors from seeking help and emboldens traffickers who use such narratives as a tool of coercion and control.

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Anti Trafficking and Labour Exploitation Unit @atleu.bsky.social · 15d

(1) We are disgusted by the recent comments from Shabana Mahmood suggesting that the #ModernSlavery system is being “misused”. Such remarks are not only unfounded, they are dangerous.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 20d

Shabana Mahmood accuses asylum seekers of making ‘vexatious, last-minute claims’

Home Office says it will review modern slavery laws to save PM’s ‘one in, one out’ returns deal with France Shabana Mahmood has accused asylum seekers of making “vexatious, last-minute claims” to avoid removal to France as the Home Office said it would review modern slavery laws to save Keir Starmer’s returns deal. After an 11th hour injunction that scuppered Labour’s “one in, one out” scheme, the home secretary said she would stop claimants “suddenly deciding that they are a modern slave on the eve of their removal”, adding that it made a “mockery of our laws and this country’s generosity”. Continue reading...

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Anti Trafficking and Labour Exploitation Unit @atleu.bsky.social · 22d

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Anti Trafficking and Labour Exploitation Unit @atleu.bsky.social · 28d

🚨 The real emergency? Survivors of human trafficking and exploitation are left to face destitution, or worse, a return to exploitation. See how we’re fighting hostile policies: www.atleu.org.uk/cases-news/r...