Twin threats: Climate migrants said to face greater risk of modern slavery
Barcelona, SpainThomson Reuters Foundation Salamatu, 22, from northern Ghana, has worked as a porter in Accra for seven years after repeated flooding on her family’s farm forced her to seek a living in the capital. But she doesn’t get to keep much of what she earns. Her boss takes most of the money to cover […]
UK rules on goods from China’s Xinjiang seen as soft on business
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation British measures to tackle forced labour in China’s Xinjiang region do not go far enough and are “a missed opportunity” to make companies clean up their operations, activists said on Tuesday. The government said it would introduce rules for businesses aimed at keeping goods from Xinjiang out of supply chains – from guidance […]
Fewer suspected modern slaves uncovered in UK under coronavirus
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Reports of suspected modern slavery in Britain are down for the first time since 2016, the government said on Thursday, raising concerns that lockdown is pushing victims deeper underground. Campaigners say the shutdown had stopped victims being seen or seeking help, with frontline services focused on COVID-19. About 2,870 possible victims […]
Suspected slavery surges in UK with a record 10,000 reports
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation A record 10,627 suspected slaves were referred to the British government for help in 2019, official data showed on Thursday, up by 52 per cent in a year, amid fears coronavirus will worsen abuse. Anti-slavery groups called for more action to help people at risk of exploitation and trafficking, amid a […]
Reports of suspected slavery rise by 36 per cent in Britain
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation Reports of suspected modern slavery in Britain rose by more than a third in 2018, according to government data released on Tuesday, but campaigners said even that was likely only “the tip of the iceberg”. Police, charities and other first responders referred 6,993 potential modern slavery cases to the government’s National Referral […]
SLAVERY: AS PRACTICES CHANGE IN MAURETANIA, SILENT VICTIMS PROVE HARDER TO FIND
NELLIE PEYTON, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on claims from rights groups that while slavery still exists in Mauretania, finding victims is these days more difficult…
Dozens of child trafficking victims found in European crackdown
Thomson Reuters Foundation Children trapped in modern slavery are being failed, campaigners said on Tuesday after European authorities found dozens of suspected trafficking victims in a region-wide crackdown, one aged just two. European policing agency Europol announced 51 children were among 123 suspected victims identified in a drive against trafficking in the first week of […]
Seize human traffickers’ money to help victims, urge campaigners
Thomson Reuters Foundation Seizing the gains of human traffickers to compensate victims should be treated a priority by governments to crack down on the estimated $US150 billion a year crime, an international anti-trafficking conference was told on Monday. Campaigners told the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe conference that governments did not focus enough […]