UK PM Sunak dealt blow as court rules Rwanda deportation plan unlawful
London, UKReuters British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the government would appeal to the UK’s top court after its plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda was deemed unlawful, a major blow to his pledge to stop asylum seekers arriving in small boats. Under an £140 million deal struck last year, Britain planned to send […]
Berlin warns Ukrainian refugees about trafficking danger
Berlin, GermanyReuters The city of Berlin has warned Ukrainian refugees not to accept offers of money or accommodation at the main train station due to concerns that they might be lured into forced prostitution or other forms of human trafficking. “Please note that there may be criminals on the move at Berlin central station who want […]
Traffickers demand ransoms for Rohingyas held at sea in South-East Asia
Dhaka, BangladeshThomson Reuters Foundation Rohingya refugees attempting to reach Malaysia by boat from Bangladesh are being held hostage by human traffickers who have demanded large ransoms from their relatives with threats of violence, according to several families and aid organisations. About a dozen Rohingya refugees living in camps in Bangladesh told the Thomson Reuters Foundation […]
“A trafficker lives here” – Bangladesh uses red paint to mark suspects’ homes
Dhaka, BangladeshThomson Reuters Foundation Bangladeshi border guards are painting warnings on the homes of suspected human and drug traffickers in eastern villages in a bid to curb to trafficking to India, an official said on Friday. Houses in villages near the border with northeast India have been marked in red paint with phrases such as […]
Desperation driving Rohingya to traffickers, UN envoy warns
Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaThomson Reuters Foundation Human traffickers are increasingly targeting Rohingya living in Myanmar and neighbouring Bangladesh, where hundreds of thousands fled after a brutal military crackdown in 2017, a UN investigator warned on Thursday. About 730,000 Rohingya were driven from Myanmar to neighbouring Bangladesh, where they live in squalid refugee camps, fearing further persecution […]
Follow the money, says new global anti-slavery effort
Thomson Reuters Foundation The principality of Liechtenstein kicked off a campaign on Monday to enlist the global financial sector to fight modern slavery, flexing its role as a centre of world wealth management to tap the clout of banks, hedge funds and investors. The financially focused effort aims to fight money laundering by traffickers, promote […]