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.

 

U.K. anti-slavery tsar post remains unfilled
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U.K. anti-slavery tsar post remains unfilled

ByEyes on Trafficking News

The U.K. Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner’s post has been vacant for four months sparking concerns that the Home Office is intentionally failing to find a replacement to avoid scrutiny on key pieces of modern slavery legislation. A “critical time” Dame Sara Thornton who previously filled the role has called on the government to urgently find her…

Sending asylum-seekers from Britain to Rwanda is human trafficking, an advocate says – West Virginia Public Broadcasting
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Sending asylum-seekers from Britain to Rwanda is human trafficking, an advocate says – West Virginia Public Broadcasting

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Updated June 14, 2022 at 8:07 PM ET Great Britain’s plan to send asylum-seekers from Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Syria and elsewhere on a plane to Rwanda constitutes human trafficking, an activist argues. Nearly a dozen people were scheduled to board a flight Tuesday, but the flight was halted after last-minute injunctions from the European Court…