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Australia’s Modern Slavery Act was introduced in 2018 to tackle labor exploitation in companies’ supply chains. The law is currently undergoing a review, but experts are calling on the government to go beyond big business and address its own role in creating vulnerabilities to forced labor and exploitation too. The Modern Slavery Act review The…
A shelter under development in Savannah’s Chatham County for child survivors of human trafficking will receive a multi-year grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to help fund operations for the 12-bed facility, scheduled to open in summer 2023. Tharros Place announced in December that the DOJ is awarding $250,000 annually over three years to…
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Cabinet today approved a provision of Rs 367.19 crore for five years from 2022-23 to 2026-27 for implementation of the State Sector Scheme-“Empowerment of Women in Agriculture-Promotion of Entrepreneurship for Women SHG”, said an official press release. The scheme has been introduced with the objective to double the mushroom production across the State…
According to Prime Minister Dr Terrance Drew, this increases the possibility of the Federation being used a hub for human trafficking. Speaking in Parliament, PM Drew, who is also the Minister of National Security and Immigration, said in many instances, members of the Spanish community are involved in the alleged illegal marriages. “Madam Speaker, I…
Earlier this week, the Prime Minister made a statement in the House of Commons on immigration. It looked at many issues including a plan to clear the backlog of asylum seekers by the end of 2023, the setting up of a specialist team to handle claims from Albanians, a new unit to monitor small boats…
Government rhetoric has “a chilling effect” on survivors of modern slavery, say UN experts as UK anti-slavery organisations urge the Government to end dangerous hostility Today, UN experts expressed alarm at the UK Government’s use of unevidenced claims and sensationalist language towards survivors of trafficking and modern slavery, stating these attacks on the credibility of…
Today, 10 December, is International Human Rights Day and the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This milestone document ‘proclaims the inalienable rights that everyone is entitled to as a human being – regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, language, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status’. However, against this backdrop,…
The Honorable Janet L. Yellen Secretary of the Treasury U.S. Department of the Treasury 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20220 The Honorable Antony Blinken Secretary of State U.S. Department of State 2201 C Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20520 December 8, 2022 Dear Secretary Yellen and Secretary Blinken: The undersigned nongovernmental organizations are writing to…
The United States government will increase its commitment to Jamaica, providing US$34 million for violence reduction, human trafficking prevention, cybersecurity, energy security, and economic development initiatives. Ambassador Victoria Nuland, undersecretary of state for political affairs, provided details at the recent US-Jamaica Strategic Dialogue at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade in downtown Kingston….
Spain’s government presented a new bill Tuesday with the goal of providing better protection for economically vulnerable migrants who are in the clutches of international human trafficking rings. The proposed legislation was designed to help victims of different types of trafficking, from sexual exploitation and forced labor to the illegal sale of human organs, involuntary…
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