Trendy slavery studies have doubled in UK care business

Jul 25, 2023 at 8:39 AM

eports of recent slavery within the UK care business greater than doubled within the first three months of this yr.

The anti-slavery charity Unseen, a government-approved helpline, instructed BBC Radio 4’s File On 4 programme they heard from 109 potential victims exploited for private or monetary achieve between January and March, twice as many as the identical interval 12 months earlier.

Unseen mentioned 1000’s of care sector vacancies had been stuffed prior to now yr had been stuffed by abroad employees after the Government had made it simpler for them to work within the sector.

Victims of recent slavery are extraordinarily weak

Former impartial anti-slavery commissioner Sara Thornton mentioned the newly handed Illegal Migration Bill will make it more durable to help many weak victims as a result of risk of deportation.

She mentioned: “Victims of modern slavery are extremely vulnerable.

“They will be in terror of the people who’ve trafficked or enslaved them, who will tell them there’s no point going to the police or the local authority or a charity because they won’t support you.”

The National Police Chiefs’ Council mentioned its devoted crew was coping with greater than 3,500 energetic investigations in England in Wales however fewer than 2% of studies ends in costs final yr.