This is the very definition of "trafficking" not "smuggling". Trafficking and smuggling are two distinct things. For one thing, trafficking is not limited to immigration, while smuggling requires crossing an international border. 1/ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Five men jailed over £1.6m people smuggling conspiracy

Five men are sentenced over a network bringing Vietnamese migrants to the UK.

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Join Hope for Justice at a webinar on Wednesday 10am (UK time) where we'll be sharing eight years of lessons, innovations, guiding principles, and insights that have shaped our community-led strategies to prevent modern slavery in Ethiopia. events.teams.microsoft.com/event/eea2fb...

Alice was sexually exploited from age 14. When she applied for compensation, her claim was rejected for ‘failing to cooperate’. With help from @hopeforjustice.bsky.social and ATLEU's volunteer lawyers, she proved she had cooperated extensively. Read Alice’s story: www.atleu.org.uk/about#annual...

Following our complaint to BBC editorial standards, we're pleased this mistake has now been corrected in the piece.

Hope for Justice@hopeforjustice.bsky.social · 5mo ago

But there's a mistake in the BBC report. Victims + survivors do not make "applications" to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM). This isn't something individuals can do. The false idea of "applications" helps drive the myth of individuals making fraudulent claims pretending to be victims.. [1/2]

But there's a mistake in the BBC report. Victims + survivors do not make "applications" to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM). This isn't something individuals can do. The false idea of "applications" helps drive the myth of individuals making fraudulent claims pretending to be victims.. [1/2]

Hope for Justice@hopeforjustice.bsky.social · 5mo ago

"It was an odd feeling to feel positive about an acknowledgement of something that was so intrinsically negative. But it is vindication and validation." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"It was an odd feeling to feel positive about an acknowledgement of something that was so intrinsically negative. But it is vindication and validation." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Al Fayed survivor was modern slavery victim, Home Office says

Rachael Louw says she feels

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Fuel prices are soaring in countries where Hope for Justice works, putting vulnerable children and adults at greater risk. When families can’t get to work or face new financial pressures, the risk of trafficking rises. Traffickers exploit desperation and reduced access to support.

On 17th March, 300+ people from businesses and civil society attended ethica26, the Human Rights in Supply Chains Leadership Summit, organised by Slave-Free Alliance and @hopeforjustice.bsky.social and sponsored by Exiger. Here are some of the highlights. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID4D...

Highlights from ethica26: Human Rights in Supply Chains Leadership Summit

YouTube video by Slave-Free Alliance

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The Home Secretary has admitted their secretive policy demanding 'objective evidence' from potential trafficking or slavery victims was unlawful. A credible personal account is enough under the law. This is an important win for victims of trafficking or slavery ✊

Colin Yeo@colinyeo.bsky.social · 6mo ago

In case you missed it: Home Secretary concedes use of unlawful evidential threshold in trafficking decisions | Ralitsa Peykova

Hope for Justice is proud to be the first non-profit organisation in the world to implement safeguarding checks under INTERPOL's Project Soteria as part of our recruitment processes, to deter and identify perpetrators of sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment. hopeforjustice.org/news/hope-fo...

Hope for Justice first charity to implement INTERPOL safeguarding checks for recruits

Hope for Justice is the world's first charity to implement safeguarding checks with INTERPOL for our recruitment, to deter perpetrators of sexual exploitation.

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The new local forces and enhanced national force with a focus on organised crime, including trafficking gangs, must be given adequate resources to develop expertise in modern slavery, advance investigations and invest in independent support services for survivors. www.gov.uk/government/n...

White paper sets out reforms to policing

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced the largest reforms to policing since the police service was founded 2 centuries ago.

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We are pleased to announce @rightslab.bsky.social at @uniofnottingham.bsky.social and HEAL Trafficking have been appointed to independently evaluate the next phase of the IMSA® Model, which is about ensuring survivors of modern slavery have access to an accredited Independent Modern Slavery Advocate

Hope for Justice and Slave-Free Alliance are co-hosting our first human rights in supply chains summit. ethica26 gathers CEOs, supply chain experts, policy makers and NGOs to respond to changing global regulations, increased scrutiny and complex human rights risks: hopeforjustice.org/news/slave-f...

Everyone on the IMSA® Project Board is really pleased to welcome @medailletrust.bsky.social to the IMSA Model pilot, an initiative through which trained and accredited Independent Modern Slavery Advocates are being employed by more organisations across the UK. hopeforjustice.org/imsa/

(1) Thank you so much to our speakers at yesterday’s #TCAG meeting @ElsayedKate (ATLEU), Ellie Russell (@hopeforjustice.bsky.social), Freddy Russell (ATELU) and 'Alice' And a big thank you to @CloistersLaw for hosting us!

Proposals announced by the UK Home Secretary, ‘Restoring Order and Control’, will undermine efforts to tackle modern slavery and increase the risk that people seeking refuge in the UK will be exploited by traffickers, Hope for Justice believes. Our full statement: hopeforjustice.org/news/respons...

Response to UK Government proposals affecting modern slavery support | Hope for Justice

New Home Office proposals will undermine efforts to tackle modern slavery and increase the risk that people will be exploited by criminals and traffickers.

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New - how people arriving into the UK on visas become trapped in modern slavery www.opendemocracy.net/en/migrants-... Kavin came here to work. He did everything “right”. But the way we design visas contributed to his exploitation @opendemocracy.net

Migrant workers on legal visas trapped in modern slavery

Revealed: UK’s employment visas are causing thousands of legal migrant workers to end up in modern slavery

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What is your organisation doing to mark Anti-Slavery Week, 13th-19th Oct? For ideas & free resources to show your commitment to protecting your operations and supply chains against modern slavery, take a look at Slave-Free Alliance's Digital Resources Pack: www.slavefreealliance.org/anti-slavery...

Anti-Slavery Day 2025 | Slave-Free Alliance

Anti-Slavery Day is marked every year on October 18th. It is a perfect day to raise awareness within your own organisation and with your customers and partners.

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Next week's Anti-Slavery Week, the lead-up to Anti-Slavery Day on 18th Oct. We're running 2 free webinars during the week and we hope you can join! Webinar 1 is on global risk trends around human rights in supply chains. Info & sign up: www.slavefreealliance.org/duediligence-webinar1-registration

📣 Call for Proposals: The Independent Modern Slavery Advocate® (IMSA®) Model Development Project is seeking an experienced evaluation team to deliver a comprehensive independent evaluation of the second stage of the model. hopeforjustice.org/news/call-fo...

Call for Proposals: Independent Evaluation of IMSA Model Development | Hope for Justice

The Independent Modern Slavery Advocate® (IMSA®) Model Development Project is seeking an experienced evaluation team to deliver a comprehensive independent evaluation of the second stage of the model....

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For Anti-Slavery Week 2025, businesses & organisations are asking us how they can participate this year. If you want to do something to raise awareness with your colleagues, customers and partners, we can help! Join us online on Tues 16th September: www.slavefreealliance.org/asw2025-getting-ready/

The IMSA Project Board welcomes Bawso as the latest organisation to join the IMSA Model Development Project 🎉 The Independent Modern Slavery Advocacy (IMSA®) Model is about ensuring survivors of modern slavery across the UK have access to an accredited independent advocate hopeforjustice.org/imsa/

Independent Modern Slavery Advocacy: The IMSA Model

From September 2025, the IMSA Model Development Project is running a national pilot to test 24 IMSAs working alongside adult survivors of human trafficking throughout the UK to access their rights and...

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Thank you to MP Sarah Champion for reading and promoting our report. We're proud of this model of independent advocacy and how survivors are shaping it. We're excited to see the model piloted nationally and hope this will be incorporated into the UK's national framework & response to modern slavery.

Today marks the official launch of a pilot to ensure that survivors of modern slavery across the UK have access to an accredited independent advocate. The launch event, ‘Independent Modern Slavery Advocacy: Working Together for Lasting Change’, is taking place in London and online.

If this gang was also responsible for "heinous levels of exploitation", as suggested in the article, then they are traffickers, not smugglers. These differences matter. It's concerning how frequently media (and even ministers!) get smuggling and trafficking confused. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Suspected people-smuggling gang members arrested

Arrests were made in West Yorkshire and London as part of a Home Office operation.

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Thanks to Phillipa Roberts and Jane Lasonder for sharing their expertise at the UNODC's Voices of Resilience conference in Vienna. The event was all about survivor perspectives, strengthening collaboration and improving policies and protection systems. hopeforjustice.org/news/voices-...

Voices of Resilience: Hope for Justice shares expertise at UN conference

Hope for Justice was proud to be represented at the first-ever United Nations Global Forum for Human Trafficking Survivors, held in Vienna in June 2025.

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Independent advocacy for survivors of modern slavery and human trafficking can be a transformational force for good, for the person and for wider society – we have seen its value time and again.

Hope for Justice@hopeforjustice.bsky.social · last yr.

‘Independent Modern Slavery Advocacy: Working Together for Lasting Change’, in-person & online, Tues 8 July. Learn how 23 UK organisations will work towards a shared aim: for every modern slavery survivor to have access to an accredited, independent advocate. hopeforjustice.org/news/indepen...

‘Independent Modern Slavery Advocacy: Working Together for Lasting Change’, in-person & online, Tues 8 July. Learn how 23 UK organisations will work towards a shared aim: for every modern slavery survivor to have access to an accredited, independent advocate. hopeforjustice.org/news/indepen...

Useful insights in this report from the UK Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner. We're pleased 2 areas of our work are highlighted: 1) Our 'Beyond Survival' work, which explores what justice means to survivors of modern slavery and their experiences of accessing support they need for their recovery

Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner’s annual report 2024 to 2025 (accessible)

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Our U.S. Program Director, Sarah Butler, shares a fantastic update here! "It was an honor to be invited to the White House yesterday to celebrate the signing of the TAKE IT DOWN Act—a vital piece of bipartisan legislation that Hope for Justice proudly endorses and strongly supports."