UK's tougher immigration policy risks trapping victims in modern slavery

UK's tougher immigration policy risks trapping victims in modern slavery

Modern Slavery Act protections eroded by 2023 immigration rules Rejection rates for modern slavery claims rose sharply from 2023 onwards Foreign applicants face tougher treatment under tightened regulations, IOM says LONDON — Thousands of victims of modern slavery are being denied support because of Britain’s crackdown on illegal migration, according to more than a dozen sources, […] The post UK’s tougher immigration policy risks trapping victim…

Immigration policy trapping thousands in modern slavery: sources

Keir Starmer. Photo: Getty Images Thousands of victims of modern slavery are being denied support because of Britain's crackdown on illegal migration, according to more than a dozen sources.

UK’s tougher immigration policy risks trapping victims in modern slavery

LONDON, Feb 7 — Thousands of victims of modern slavery are being denied support because of the United Kingdom’s crackdown on illegal migration, according to more than a dozen sources, a decade after the approval of legislation that put the country at the forefront of the global fight against human trafficking. Britain’s Modern Slavery Act of 2015 forced large businesses to tackle slavery in their supply chains and strengthened existing protectio…