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Deportation refers to the forced removal of a person from a country, typically because they have violated immigration laws or overstayed their visa. Deportation can have significant social, economic, and personal consequences for the person being deported, as well as their families and communities.
The criminal organization dared to do it: they sold 30 of their workers for 21 thousand dollars, as if they were cattle. They were bought for cash by ranchers in a field in Indianapolis, who shelled out $700 for each “slave.” An investigation by MILLENNIUM, based on the consultation of judicial documents housed in the…
In this blog piece, a young Afghan asylum seeker narrates his journey seeking refuge away from his homeland. He contacted STOP THE TRAFFIK after seeing our Aman Safety campaign which targeted young unaccompanied minors in Greece and Turkey. “I was living and working in Turkey for a year. Because I was single*, it was very…
After calling law enforcement for help, trafficking victims in the U.K. are amongst the thousands of people reported to immigration by police. New data obtained through a freedom of information request by the Joint Council on the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI), a U.K. organization advocating for migrants’ rights, shows that between May 2020 and May…
While trafficking and exploitation are illegal already, the fact that domestic workers have few enumerated rights under law makes them particularly vulnerable.
The post D.C. Domestic Workers Deserve Protections first appeared on Polaris.
The UK Government is today introducing into Parliament its proposals to overhaul human rights…
The post Human Rights Act Reform – the Concern for Survivors of Modern Slavery first appeared on Hope for Justice.
This week, a U.K. high court judge rejected requests from three Sudanese victims of trafficking and torture, who had been threatened with removal to Rwanda, to be released from immigration […]
The post Trafficking victims traumatized by indefinite immigration detention in U.K. appeared first on FreedomUnited.org.
Hope for Justice, as part of a coalition of trafficking and legal experts, is…
The post Coalition demands end to means testing of legal aid for survivors of trafficking first appeared on Hope for Justice.
On May 20, a U.S. judge blocked the termination of Title 42, a measure that authorizes the expulsion of non-U.S. citizens without screenings or asylum protection. Amnesty International has called this decision “an affront to the human rights of people in search of safety throughout the Americas region” in a recent article. Substantial research by…
As the guardian of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) and the Protocols thereto, including the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air (Smuggling of Migrants Protocol) and the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children (Trafficking in Persons Protocol), UNODC strives…
Imagine being trapped on a boat with no toilets or showers, facing sea conditions that the vessel is not fit for. This is the reality of James*, a migrant fisherman working in the U.K. What bothers him most is the cold; there is no heater and temperatures drop below 0°C (32° F). But James…
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