United Kingdom

The United Kingdom (UK) is a country located off the northwest coast of continental Europe. It is made up of four constituent countries: England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The UK is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system of government and Queen Elizabeth II as the head of state. The capital of the UK is London, which is also the largest city. The official language is English, and the currency is the British pound. The UK has a diverse population and a long and rich history. It is known for its cultural and artistic achievements, as well as its political and economic systems. The UK is a member of the United Nations, the European Union, and many other international organizations.

 

 

BI foils human trafficking try at NAIA; four foreigners caught with fake travel papers
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BI foils human trafficking try at NAIA; four foreigners caught with fake travel papers

The Bureau of Immigration logo is superimposed over the airport scene. INQUIRER.net FILES MANILA, Philippines — Bureau of Immigration (BI) officers have stopped an alleged attempt to smuggle a family of four suspected Arab nationals out of the Philippines to the United Kingdom (UK) at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia). A mother and her…

Webinars help Norwegian businesses comply with new law
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Webinars help Norwegian businesses comply with new law

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;…

How EU police disrupted Vietnamese human trafficking rings
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How EU police disrupted Vietnamese human trafficking rings

Vietnamese human trafficking syndicates have been targeted this year by pan-European police busts. However, the root causes of illegal immigration remain.Human trafficking from Vietnam to Europe has emerged as a big problem in recent years. The EU’s law enforcement agency, Interpol, is cracking down on smuggling rings, and has seen some success. In June, raids…

Hope for Justice urges Senators to reauthorize US Trafficking Victims Protection Act
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Hope for Justice urges Senators to reauthorize US Trafficking Victims Protection Act

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;…

Shamima Begum, terrorist or victim: As the UK hears her case, here's her story – MSN
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Shamima Begum, terrorist or victim: As the UK hears her case, here's her story – MSN

Shamima Begum, a Britain-born individual who had made her way to Syria to join the Islamic State (IS) when she was 15 in 2015, is currently fighting a legal case in the United Kingdom to challenge the removal of her British citizenship in 2019. Shamima and two of her friends, Amira Abase and Khadiza Sultana…

The other Albanian migrant crisis
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The other Albanian migrant crisis

All of this poses a puzzle: if legal emigration to other destinations is a possibility, why is there such desperation to reach the UK? And why now? One explanation relates to chain migration and the UK’s labour shortages. The UK hosts a large diaspora from Albania’s poorest region, Kukes County. That attracts relatives and acquaintances…

Ditching the Human Rights Act will harm survivors 
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Ditching the Human Rights Act will harm survivors 

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;…

Seasonal workers in debt after being sent home early from U.K. farms
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Seasonal workers in debt after being sent home early from U.K. farms

Sajit* sold his shop in Nepal to go to the United Kingdom to work on a farm. “They told us six months will be good money for us,” he said. But just two months into the job, when he still had over £3,000 ($3,500 approximately) of debt to repay, he was told he had to…

Organ Harvesting Allegation: Court Grants Ekweremadu’s Wife Bail, Senator Remains in Police Custody
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Organ Harvesting Allegation: Court Grants Ekweremadu’s Wife Bail, Senator Remains in Police Custody

The wife of a former Deputy Senate President, Mrs. Beatrice Ekweremadu who alongside her husband are standing trial for allegedly plotting to traffic a Nigerian into the United Kingdom to harvest his kidney for their ailing daughter has been granted bail by the court However, her husband, Senator Ike Ekweremadu was denied bail. Beatrice Ekweremadu,…