After Exploitation

Unnumbered amendment to Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill to Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament Baroness Hamwee's amendment After Clause 48 () to Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill, proposed during Report stage

The big hole in the new Employment Rights Act is that some workers still have to risk deportation to report labour abuses.

So pleased that Baroness Hamwee is supporting our call for migrant workers to be able to report bad employers without fear: bills.parliament.uk/bills/3929/s...

Joint letter to Yvette Cooper: Child sexual exploitation (CSE) must not be stereotyped 27th June 2025 – Following Baroness Casey’s audit on group-based child sexual exploitation (CSE) and abuse (CSA), we have grown concerned by the lack of recognition for CSE support, com…

Stereotyping CSE undermines public understanding, making it harder for professionals and the public to spot cases that don't fit the 'mould'

Nearly 50 charities, survivors, law firms and academics have signed our letter to @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social:

afterexploitation.com/2025/06/26/j...

Do you help asylum seekers apply for Section 4 and Section 95 support? Want to learn more about how to help your clients gather the best evidence, and make the strongest applications possible? Find out more about ASAP's next free online training on 16th of July: www.asaproject.org/training/upc...

Thank you to our signatories including
@antislavery.org @africanrainbowfam.bsky.social @asylummatters.bsky.social @basisyorkshire.bsky.social @duncanlewiss.bsky.social @freedomunitedhq.bsky.social @goodlawproject.bsky.social @irrnews.bsky.social @refugeeaction.bsky.social

Joint letter to Yvette Cooper: Child sexual exploitation (CSE) must not be stereotyped 27th June 2025 – Following Baroness Casey’s audit on group-based child sexual exploitation (CSE) and abuse (CSA), we have grown concerned by the lack of recognition for CSE support, com…

Stereotyping CSE undermines public understanding, making it harder for professionals and the public to spot cases that don't fit the 'mould'

Nearly 50 charities, survivors, law firms and academics have signed our letter to @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social:

afterexploitation.com/2025/06/26/j...

Only 4% of adults referred as victims of modern slavery get counselling through the Home Office-funded scheme for survivors.

In theory, survivors can get counselling via the NHS, but many are dismissed or face long delays:

afterexploitation.com/2025/06/11/m...

#UK #politics #news #uknews

Only 4% of adults referred as victims of modern slavery get counselling through the Home Office-funded scheme for survivors.

In theory, survivors can get counselling via the NHS, but many are dismissed or face long delays:

afterexploitation.com/2025/06/11/m...

#UK #politics #news #uknews

Data (Use and Access) Bill: Impact on survivors of modern slavery 29th May 2025 – The Data (Use and Access) Bill (DUAB) poses a serious risk to survivors of modern slavery. Drawing on lived experience testimony and practitioner research, our fact sheet outl…

The Data (Use and Access) Bill makes sweeping changes to information rights in the UK. The changes threaten survivors’ access to justice + privacy by

- Limiting SARs
- Granting data controllers more power
- Weakening personal data safeguards

Read the briefing:
afterexploitation.com/2025/05/31/d...

"Emphasis on one ‘type’ of victim stops survivors coming forward"

After Exploitation commissioned mental health advocate and survivor, Kate Elysia, to work with an artist illustrating her perspectives on exploitation.

Read the interview with Kate here ⤵️

afterexploitation.com/2025/05/23/b...

Mimi Jalmasco speaking at the joint #SurvivorFutures webinar w/ VODW, @ilpaimmigration.bsky.social @kalayaan.org.uk @kingsartshums.bsky.social:

"The best way to prevent re-trafficking of migrant domestic workers is reinstating our visa rights. The right to change employers and have real protection"

Claiming Asylum and Re-trafficking We will look at claiming asylum for survivors of human trafficking and modern slavery on the grounds of a risk of re-trafficking.

Webinar this Monday, 4-6pm 💻

Learn about re-trafficking and how it can relate to asylum cases

Collaboration between @ilpaimmigration.bsky.social @afterexploitation.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social Voice of Domestic Workers + Kalayaan

www.kcl.ac.uk/events/claim...

To understand Britain’s immigration system, if you’re caught in it, helping those who are, or just to learn more - use Right to Remain’s Toolkit: righttoremain.org.uk/toolkit/

Written for regular people by legal experts at
@right-to-remain.bsky.social

Lack of support for freed victims of modern slavery One of the current government’s first announcements was a promise to clear the backlog of 23,300 modern slavery cases it had inherited and help get the victims’ lives back to normal.

Speaking to @migrantvoice.bsky.social, we said:

"Survivors have the worst of both worlds: those who need support aren't guaranteed it, whilst survivors who want to return to work often can't because of immigration restrictions"

www.migrantvoice.org/articles/lac... #ModernSlavery #Trafficking

Updated with the report stage amendments published this week

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Maya really is so good at FOIs, I cannot recommend this workshop enough

Workshop: Introduction to Freedom of Information (FOIs), 8th May 2025 This summer, we’re hosting a range of workshops on Freedom of Information (FOI), start with our online introduction to using FOI requests this May! Date: Thu May 08 2025 Time: 14:00 – 1…

Freedom of Information (FOI) requests can play a huge role in holding those with power to account.

Join us on 8th May for a training workshop exploring how to create FOIs for impact, challenge refusals and get hard-to-reach information.

afterexploitation.com/2025/04/07/i...

#politics #democracy

Trafficking victims rejecting UK government support because they fear being deported Nearly 6,000 victims of modern slavery chose not to be referred for help last year, new data shows

📢FOI in the News!

Thousands of trafficking victims reject government support for fear of deportation according to new FOI data obtained by the Observer and anti-slavery charity After Exploitation.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

#Refugees #HomeOffice #joinCFOI #accountability

[Webinar - Survivors only]

Tomorrow, we're joining Survivor Alliance to host a webinar on changes to sexual exploitation definitions in the UK. We'll cover:

▪️What the changes mean
▪️How they may impact survivors
▪️How we can campaign against the changes

Sign up here: forms.gle/7rb5pgYbbyJw...

Each year, hundreds of modern slavery survivors are held in UK prisons. Many more get criminal records.

How are so many opportunities to identify and support victim-survivors of trafficking / slavery being missed?

Our fact sheet with Hibiscus explains:

afterexploitation.com/2025/04/15/f...

Each year, hundreds of modern slavery survivors are held in UK prisons. Many more get criminal records.

How are so many opportunities to identify and support victim-survivors of trafficking / slavery being missed?

Our fact sheet with Hibiscus explains:

afterexploitation.com/2025/04/15/f...

Ten years after the introduction of the Modern Slavery Act, safety is more elusive than ever - Free Movement This week marked ten years since the Modern Slavery Act 2015 came into force. The trafficking statistics for October to December 2024 have been published,

From yesterday: Ten years after the introduction of the Modern Slavery Act, safety is more elusive than ever | Sonia Lenegan

Today marks 10 years since the Modern Slavery Act, which centered on support for victims of trafficking.

But trafficking must be stopped before it happens. With the Employment Rights Bill going through Parliament, there is an opportunity to address the conditions which allow trafficking to thrive.

Modern Slavery Act 10 years on.
No civil proceedings brought against any business under Section 54.
Survivors of modern slavery imprisoned for crimes they committed under the control of their traffickers despite Section 45.

Reconsiderations briefing: Modern slavery survivors ‘unable to challenge’ rejections 20th March 2025 – A new briefing by After Exploitation and the Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group (ATMG) highlights the scale with which survivors of modern slavery are being turned away from …

Read the full briefing on National Referral Mechanism (NRM) reconsiderations, from After Exploitation and @antislavery.org's Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group (ATMG) here:

afterexploitation.com/2025/03/20/r... @freylindsay.bsky.social

NGOs Say U.K. Government Neglecting Victims Of Trafficking And Slavery Several years ago the government quietly made it harder for people to seek protection after escaping slavery. A new report shows that move has had the predictable result.

"Survivors of slavery are now under more pressure to provide more evidence ... it is harder to challenge a rejection and access help"

We talk through the 30-day deadline for reconsiderations, + our report w/ @antislavery.org.
Via @freylindsay.bsky.social @forbes.com:

www.forbes.com/sites/freyli...

"A recent survey by Women for Refugee Women found almost a quarter of women had been subjected to sexual harassment or abuse from another hotel resident, while 12% had experienced this from hotel staff."

Reconsiderations briefing: Modern slavery survivors ‘unable to challenge’ rejections 20th March 2025 – A new briefing by After Exploitation and the Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group (ATMG) highlights the scale with which survivors of modern slavery are being turned away from …

Modern slavery survivors turned away from support now only have *30 days* to challenge a refusal

Charities are working against the clock to get justice for survivors who shouldn't have been rejected in the first place.

Read our briefing with @antislavery.org:
afterexploitation.com/2025/03/20/r...

Reconsiderations briefing: Modern slavery survivors ‘unable to challenge’ rejections 20th March 2025 – A new briefing by After Exploitation and the Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group (ATMG) highlights the scale with which survivors of modern slavery are being turned away from …

Modern slavery survivors turned away from support now only have *30 days* to challenge a refusal

Charities are working against the clock to get justice for survivors who shouldn't have been rejected in the first place.

Read our briefing with @antislavery.org:
afterexploitation.com/2025/03/20/r...

🚨 OUT NOW

New Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group (ATMG) and @afterexploitation.bsky.social briefing provides an overview of the barriers faced by survivors unfairly excluded by the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) and the challenges to overturn these decisions.