Home Secretary

The Home Secretary is a government official in the United Kingdom who is responsible for matters related to domestic security, immigration, and law enforcement. The Home Secretary plays a key role in developing and implementing policies and initiatives to combat human trafficking, including coordinating with law enforcement agencies and working with international organizations to prevent trafficking and support trafficking victims. The Home Secretary also oversees the UK’s Modern Slavery Act, which provides law enforcement officials with greater tools and resources to prosecute traffickers and protect trafficking victims. In addition, the Home Secretary works to raise awareness about the issue of human trafficking and to ensure that victims of trafficking receive the support and assistance they need.

 

Child trafficking victims speak out against Britain’s ‘distressing’ and ‘retraumatising’ immigration system, in a new report calling for ministers to ensure victims’ rights are upheld  – Morning Star
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Child trafficking victims speak out against Britain’s ‘distressing’ and ‘retraumatising’ immigration system, in a new report calling for ministers to ensure victims’ rights are upheld  – Morning Star

CHILD trafficking victims have spoken out against Britain’s “distressing” and “retraumatising” immigration system, in a new report calling for ministers to ensure victims’ rights are upheld. The 12-month study is the first to draw on the experiences and opinions of 31 young victims of modern-day slavery and trafficking, whose voice researchers say, have been “missing from the…

Home Office makes modern slavery an illegal immigration issue in ‘highly regressive’ move
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Home Office makes modern slavery an illegal immigration issue in ‘highly regressive’ move

The Home Office has reclassified modern slavery as an immigration issue instead of a safeguarding concern in what Hope for Justice describes as a “highly regressive” move. It follows claims from the Home Secretary last week that modern slavery laws are being abused and “derailing the UK’s policy on illegal migration.” The Home Office has…

U.K. takes alarming decision to classify modern slavery as immigration issue
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U.K. takes alarming decision to classify modern slavery as immigration issue

The U.K. Home Office has taken the shocking decision to remove modern slavery from the remit of the safeguarding minister and place it under the immigration minister’s brief, classed as an “illegal immigration and asylum” issue. The U.K. is not prioritizing modern slavery Treating modern slavery as an immigration issue not only ignores domestic victims…

Number of trafficking victims detained in prison-like settings triples
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Number of trafficking victims detained in prison-like settings triples

A new report exposes damning evidence: the U.K. government is locking up trafficking victims with the number tripling in the last four years. Immigration detention is inhumane Detention of trafficking survivors is inhumane and risks seriously exacerbating survivors’ existing trauma, contributing to severe mental health issues and increasing the risk of suicide. The UN Special…

Farron: Migration has to be part of the solution to the labor shortage Pipa News
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Farron: Migration has to be part of the solution to the labor shortage Pipa News

By Tim Farron If we want to see economic growth, a good place to start is by addressing the labor shortage. I am glad that there appears to be – at least from the media headlines – some recognition by the Prime Minister that migration must be part of the solution. These shortfalls are visible…

How Priti Patel harmed survivors by conflating modern slavery and immigration
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How Priti Patel harmed survivors by conflating modern slavery and immigration

In her time as U.K. Home Secretary, Priti Patel consistently conflated immigration and modern slavery. She claimed that efforts to stop people from coming to the U.K. to live were necessary to fight human trafficking. In public statements, she accused people on the move of abusing the modern slavery protection system.   The result? The…

Questions remain regarding UK police and intelligence role in the trafficking of three ‘Isis girls’
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Questions remain regarding UK police and intelligence role in the trafficking of three ‘Isis girls’

https://youtu.be/_UJC6U323Vshttps://youtu.be/iHSpY3c9VK4 In February 2015, three girls – Shamima Begum (15), Kadiza Sultana (16), and Amira Abase (15) – from South London made their way via Turkey to ISIS-controlled Syria. A story that emerged in March of that year was how the three were smuggled into Syria by a man who claimed he worked for the…

Canada to probe allegations that ‘intelligence agent’ aided in human trafficking to ISIS
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Canada to probe allegations that ‘intelligence agent’ aided in human trafficking to ISIS

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has promised to “follow up” on allegations that a ​person alleged to have been an intelligence agent for Canada smuggled British schoolgirls into Syria. ​ ​ Trudeau’s comments followed a Wednesday report from the BBC detailing the activities of a man who allegedly smuggled multiple people to ISIS and shared…

'IS bride' Shamima Begum was smuggled into Syria by Canadian spy, claims book – WION
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'IS bride' Shamima Begum was smuggled into Syria by Canadian spy, claims book – WION

Shamima Begum who had fled to Syria in 2015 to join the Islamic State(IS) was allegedly smuggled into the country by an intelligence agent, a new book by journalist Richard Kerbaj has claimed. The book alleged the double agent took Shamima, Kadiza Sultana and Amira Abase from Turkey to Syria. He was reportedly arrested in…