NRM

NRM refers to the National Referral Mechanism, which is a framework for identifying and supporting victims of human trafficking in the UK. The NRM provides a system for identifying victims of trafficking and providing them with access to support and services. Once identified, victims are referred to the NRM, where their needs are assessed and they are provided with appropriate support.

 

Phuket News: Human security takes lead focus in Phuket human trafficking training
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Phuket News: Human security takes lead focus in Phuket human trafficking training

The seminar, held at the Pearl Hotel in Phuket Town, was organised by the Phuket Provincial Office of Social Development and Human Security (MSDHS Phuket) to explain the “National Referral Mechanism” (NRM) ‒ a legal mechanism enacted to ensure that all relevant officials are involved in dealing with the problem of human trafficking. Pariyat Khaepheng,…

The Criminal Offence of Human Trafficking – Lexology
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The Criminal Offence of Human Trafficking – Lexology

Right from under the noses of the British Home Office, hundreds of child refugees, seeking asylum in the United Kingdom, are being abducted and trafficked for all sorts of reasons. The British Home Office has been repeatedly cautioned by a multitude of agencies, about the dangers such vulnerable children faced, arriving unaccompanied from their homelands….

131 human trafficking victims reported in 2022 — Labour Ministry | Jordan Times
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131 human trafficking victims reported in 2022 — Labour Ministry | Jordan Times

AMMAN — Thirty-four human trafficking cases involving 131 victims and 152 perpetrators were registered in Jordan in 2022, according to a report issued by the Labour Ministry. The report showed that 181 potential victims of human trafficking were housed in shelter centres in 2022. Moreover, the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit at the Public Security Directorate (PSD)…

Saudi Arabia human rights office signs UN human trafficking prevention agreement
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Saudi Arabia human rights office signs UN human trafficking prevention agreement

Saudi Arabia and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Monday signed an agreement to build a legal and institutional framework to combat human trafficking crimes. President of the Saudi Arabia Human Rights Commission (HRC) Dr. Hala bint Mazyad bin Mohammed Al-Tuwaijri stressed that the Kingdom has strived to build a legal and institutional…

Home Office unlawfully detains survivor of sexual exploitation
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Home Office unlawfully detains survivor of sexual exploitation

Hope for Justice is a charity working to bring an end to modern slavery and human trafficking, and to protect the human rights of victims and survivors. They are active in the United Kingdom, United States, Cambodia, Norway, Australia, Ethiopia and Uganda. Their multi-disciplinary model is based on four pillars: preventing exploitation; rescuing victims; restoring lives;…

Survivor of forced labour left homeless as case ‘slipped through the system’
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Survivor of forced labour left homeless as case ‘slipped through the system’

Hope for Justice is a charity working to bring an end to modern slavery and human trafficking, and to protect the human rights of victims and survivors. They are active in the United Kingdom, United States, Cambodia, Norway, Australia, Ethiopia and Uganda. Their multi-disciplinary model is based on four pillars: preventing exploitation; rescuing victims; restoring lives;…

In the spotlight: the UK’s human rights and modern slavery record under review
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In the spotlight: the UK’s human rights and modern slavery record under review

04 November 2022 In our latest blog, Jo Baker, International Advocacy Manager, takes a look at the UN’s five-year human rights reviews, which will spotlight the UK in 2022. Image credit: Melinda Nagy, via Shutterstock. Every five years, the UK has a human rights health check at the United Nations, performed by other countries, and…

The UK government is undermining decades of anti-slavery efforts
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The UK government is undermining decades of anti-slavery efforts

More broadly, framing slavery as something which people lie about to gain an advantage will affect the way in which victims are treated, and categorising slavery as an immigration matter risks changing the understanding of who can be trafficked. It makes it less likely that UK nationals will be identified, or that they will engage…