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Nearly 10,000 modern slavery victims waiting over two years for Home Office decision

Exclusive: The number of people waiting over two years for a decision has tripled since 2021

The Independent UK

Modern slavery victim ‘worked 105 hours a week for £3.80 per hour’ while waiting for government help

Modern slavery victims say the referral system is failing to protect them from being forced back into exploitation

The Independent UK

Most of those held after crossing Channel referred as potential slavery victims

Almost all of those who came under the National Referral Mechanism while awaiting return were later released from detention, the Home Office said.

The Independent UK

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Hundreds of trafficking victims in UK missing after referral to support scheme

Home Office data shows 566 people were categorised as missing between 2020 and 2022

The Guardian - UK

Post-Covid spike brings trafficking to fore

The Anti-Trafficking in Persons Division (ATPD) has set its sights on Tier 1 recognition in the US Trafficking in Persons Report, or TIP Report, ahead of the next review round.

Bangkok Post

Suella Braverman’s claims modern slavery victims ‘gaming’ system questioned by Home Office’s own stats

Official figures question prime minister and home secretary’s claims migrants are ‘gaming the system’

The Independent UK

UK’s modern slavery programme at ‘breaking point’ as demand from victims soars

Suspected modern slavery victims are waiting almost a year and a half on average to get a Home Office decision

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Modern slavery survivors could be retrafficked in UK, charities warn

Salvation Army and other groups say without more resources potential victims could slip through the net

The Guardian - UK

Q&A: Uganda’s Museveni on staying in power, rights abuses

The Museveni administration has repeatedly been accused of muzzling dissenting voices in the country since 1986.

Al Jazeera

Economics has helped to destroy the environment. Can it be used to save it?

If we can't value the environment, human activity on earth is "going to come crashing down". Luckily, we can, according to former Treasury boss Ken Henry.

ABC News

The teen rescued in ragged clothes who'd gone two years without seeing daylight

Hundreds of Vietnamese people are thought to be trafficked, exploited and harmed by criminals in this country each year. This is one man's story.

Manchester Evening News

UK’s people trafficking referrals at record high, Home Office data shows

Government’s system for potential trafficking victims to access support had 4,171 referrals from April to June

The Guardian - UK

Analysis: How Uganda’s ‘eyes and ears’ prolong Museveni presidency

A nationwide network of district commissioners loyal to the president has been crucial to his time in power since 1986.

Al Jazeera

Child slavery reports in the UK reach record levels as Sir Mo Farah speaks about his own trafficking experience.

Olympic gold medallist reveals he had been brought to the UK from Djibouti at the age of nine and forced to serve another family’s children

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Patel seeks to curb modern slavery claims as Rwanda plan labelled ‘government by gimmick’

After cancellation of Africa flight, home secretary tries to stem slavery claims from refugees hoping to stay in UK

Nottingham Post

Nottinghamshire Police investigate 173 exploitation accusations in past year

The force has seen a 16% rise on modern slavery cases being reported

Leeds Live

Soaring modern slavery cases as 150 children feared victims of criminal gangs

There were 456 cases of exploitation and modern slavery including both adults and children last year in West Yorkshire

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