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More than 4,500 people have been held in immigration detention in the UK before being released into the community and only then identified as potential victims of trafficking, official figures for the past five years show. Charities said the figures demonstrate a “detain first, ask later” attitude that runs counter to the fight against modern slavery and suggest others are probably being deported without having been referred for support. They fear the situation will be exacerbated by the nationality and borders bill, which they say makes it harder to identify victims. “It is terrifying ...

Some of those letters take the form of ‘Write for Rights’ cards sent to imprisoned human rights defenders every year in December: more than 6.5 million such actions were taken in 2019. In St Albans that year a stall in the Abbey enabled them to spread the message more widely.  St Albans Cathedral stall candles from Amnesty. - Credit: St Albans Amnesty A central plank of Amnesty’s activity has always been writing letters to those in authority over Prisoners of Conscience. In the early, pre digital , pre-‘clickactivist’ days life was rather different: when an Urgent Action needed to ...

‘A hugely retrograde step’: Cross-party MPs attack Home Office plans to lock up more trafficking survivors May Bulman © Provided by The Independent Cross-party MPs have attacked Home Office plans that will see more trafficking survivors locked up in immigration detention and threatened with removal, warning that it is a “hugely retrograde step”. Parliament has voted to bring in legislation that will make it more difficult for suspected trafficking victims to be released from detention as part of government plans to prevent criminals from taking advantage of modern sl...

Updated Slipping through the net Police carrying out a raid, or any other designated ‘first responders’ who come across suspected modern slavery victims, are supposed to refer them to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) - the UK’s framework for identifying victims and ensuring they receive support. However, figures obtained by the organisation After Exploitation found that one in five of the 4,355 people identified as potential trafficking victims during a four-month period in 2019 were not referred to the NRM. An Unbroken Chain: Modern Slavery in the UK Adults can only be referred ...

Thousands of potential trafficking victims detained in immigration removal centres, figures show May Bulman © Provided by The Independent Thousands of potential trafficking victims have been detained in immigration removal centres in less than two years, new figures show. Ministers have been accused of failing to protect survivors of modern slavery after new data revealed more than 2,000 people recognised by the government as having indicators of trafficking were placed in detention during a 21-month period. Campaigners said this demonstrated flaws in the government’s syst...