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Media appearances
National World 16.03.23
Modern slavery: people traffickers ‘emboldened’ as charges brought in fewer than one in 50 cases
The Grocer 20.03.23
Labour agencies to face supermarket scrutiny over exploitation claims
National World 13.03.23
National World 08.03.23
Small boats crisis: what does UK government’s Illegal Migration Bill mean for trafficking victims?
BBC World Service 02.03.23
A Story of Modern Slavery in the UK
Guardian 22.02.23
Farm workers on UK seasonal visas to be guaranteed 32 hours a week
Guardian 13.02.23
Modern slavery survivors could be retrafficked in UK, charities warn
Politics Home 09.02.23
The UK is failing victims of modern slavery
National World 30.01.23
Tough new rules to crackdown on ‘abuse’ of modern slavery laws by criminals
Financial Times 27.01.23
UK farmers stop recruiting Nepalese workers after exploitation warning
Financial Times 19.12.22
Investors warn food companies about risk of forced labour on UK farms
Grocery Gazette 14.11.22
Seasonal fruit pickers face thousands in debt as UK farm work cut short
Observer 13.11.22
Seasonal fruit pickers left thousands in debt after being sent home early from UK farms
International Bar Association 08.11.22
Modern slavery: Calls grow for root causes to be addressed
National World 04.11.22
Left Food Forward 04.11.22
How Brexit has led to a rise in the exploitation of migrant workers
Media Storm Podcast 27.10.22
“Low-Skilled”: The exploitation of Eastern European workers
Open Democracy 21.10.22
The UK government is undermining decades of anti-slavery efforts
Guardian 13.10.22
Home Office reclassifies modern slavery as illegal immigration issue
Open Democracy 05.10.22
Government prepared to block modern slavery survivors to prevent ‘bogus’ claims
Guardian 04.10.22
Number of potential trafficking victims locked up in UK triples in four years
Guardian 29.09.22
Review of UK seasonal worker visas to increase risk of slavery, experts warn
Byline Times 06.09.22
Modern Slavery Victims: Pawns in the Government’s Anti-Asylum Seeker Campaigns
Observer 01.08.22
Live-in care workers ‘have pay docked by agencies to cover accommodation’
Guardian 14.07.22
Farah case highlights fate of less famous victims of trafficking
Guardian 03.07.22
Human traffickers ‘using UK universities as cover’
The Grocer 10.06.22
Concerns over criminals using seasonal worker visa to exploit labourers
Guardian 28.03.22
‘Scandal in plain sight’: charities call for help for Ukrainian seasonal workers
Byline Times 08.03.22
International Women’s Day: Victims of Sexual Exploitation Referred to Immigration Enforcement
Independent 03.03.22
Ukrainian refugees at ‘acute risk of exploitation by human traffickers’, charities warn
Guardian 26.01.22
Huge rise in number of trafficking victims in UK immigration detention
Guardian 12.01.22
‘No running water’: foreign workers criticise UK farm labour scheme
Swiss Broadcasting Agency 30.12.21
Interview with FLEX on post-Brexit immigration and labour exploitation (in Italian, from 21.14 mins)
Financial Times 21.12.21
Against the odds: the struggles of migrants to build a business
Neue Zürcher Zeitung 05.12.21
Grossbritannien, ein Eldorado für irreguläre Migranten?
Brave New Europe 25.11.21
Gig Economy Project: 59% of UK riders have no financial support when ill or injured, new study finds
Independent 12.11.21
New Home Office policy risks ‘driving human trafficking victims underground’, experts warn
Sky News 29.10.21
COVID-19: Pandemic left vulnerable workers open to abuse and exploitation, says report by charity
Sky News video clip featuring FLEX and IWGB
The Courier 20.10.21
Warning that Afghan refugees fleeing Taliban terror risk exploitation in UK
Voice of Islam 18.10.21
Anti-Slavery Day 2021 radio broadcast (from 20 mins)
Guardian 12.10.21
Britain is learning the hard way that migration can’t be turned on or off like a tap
Left Food Forward 05.10.21
Revealed: The new visa scheme for lorry drivers leaves thousands at risk of exploitation
BBC Countryfile 03.10.21
Documentary 08.09.21
Britain’s immigration law: the women it doesn’t protect
Facilitate Magazine 14.07.21
Research reveals hospitality as ‘high-risk for labour abuse’
Morning Star 13.07.21
Hospitality workers subjected to ‘systemic exploitation and abuse,’ study finds
Byline Times 03.07.21
The Grocer 02.07.21
Slave labour warnings raised amid labour shortages
Jacobin Magazine 06.06.21
In Britain, Seasonal Farm Laborers Toil for Subminimum-Wage Piece Rates
The Ferret 18.04.21
Marks and Spencer to up welfare checks on migrant farm workers after rights fears
Byline Times 24.03.21
Home Office Pushing Through Changes to Detention Without Any Public Debate or Scrutiny
Mirror 18.03.21
Workers live like ‘slaves’ in caravans after coming to UK under promise of jobs
Immigration News 17.03.21
Human Trafficking Risks for Britains Low Paid Seasonal Workers
Farming UK 17.03.21
Charity warns Seasonal Workers Pilot risks human trafficking
Farmers Guardian 17.03.21
Seasonal workers scheme accused of fuelling ‘exploitative’ working conditions
Farmers Weekly 17.03.21
Concern for migrant workers on government labour scheme
Reuters 16.03.21
Brexit farm workers scheme found fueling risk of slavery in UK
The Courier 16.03.21
Human trafficking risk as seasonal workers feel like ‘slaves’
Financial Times 16.03.21
Brexit: the low-paid migrant workers ‘trapped’ on Britain’s farms
Yahoo Finance 23.02.21
Cleaners’ union warns of rising job cuts and poverty as furlough cut-off looms
Yorkshire Evening Post 18.02.21
‘Urgent’ call for Parliament to resume modern slavery inquiry to address Brexit and Covid concerns
Blackpool Gazette & Lancashire Post 15.02.21
Wigan Today & Blackpool Gazette 15.02.21
Ban on slavery victims with criminal convictions accessing compensation ‘unlawful’, campaigners say
Reuters 23.01.21
Reuters 21.01.21
UK officials struggle to persuade suspected modern slaves to accept help
Financial Times 18.01.21
UK workplace sexual harassment rules not enforced say researchers
Reuters 01.12.20
OPINION: UK crackdown on homelessness fuels modern slavery fears
Independent 01.12.20
Politics Home 25.09.20
The Government Has Been Warned That Modern Slavery Could Be Surging During The Coronavirus Pandemic
Le Monde 22.07.20
Travail illegal: le lourd secret de Leicester
Byline Times 21.07.20
Leicester’s open secret has been spilled by the Coronavirus pandemic
Guardian 17.07.20
Labour abuses happening ‘at scale’ far beyond Leicester
Reuters 14.07.20
Fashion brands like Boohoo urged to help UK suppliers address labour abuses
Guardian 14.07.20
Priti Patel is wrong, modern slavery in Leicester is built on her government’s failures
The Times Radio 13.07.20
Live broadcast on the reports of worker exploitation in Leicester garment factories
Reuters 08.07.20
How can Britain stop fashion brands like Boohoo exploiting workers?
TalkRadio 02.07.20
Live broadcast on the reports of workers being forced to work sick and through lockdown in Leicester garment factories
Reuters 04.06.20
Fewer suspected modern slaves uncovered in UK under coronavirus
Reuters 02.06.20
Politics.co.uk 18.05.20
Government immigration plans risk increase in modern slavery
Mirror 06.05.20
Coronavirus could trigger surge in modern slavery, campaigners warn government
Al Jazeera 01.05.20
Coronavirus exposes UK low-wage essential workers to exploitation
VICE 30.04.20
Experts worry that post-lockdown world could see a surge of exploitation and ‘modern slavery’
Sunday Times 19.04.20
Co-signatory to letter published regarding South Asian workers and COVID-19 impacts
Financial Times 14.04.20
Sackings and ineligibility for benefits deepen migrants’ plight in crisis
NBC News 02.04.20
Suspected slavery surges in UK
Reuters 02.04.20
Suspected slavery surges in UK
Home Care Insight 02.03.20
Hostile immigration rules to hit elderly and vulnerable the hardest
Guardian 21.02.20
Immigration rules post-Brexit could fuel modern slavery
BBC One Inside Out – North East and Cumbria 03.02.20
Live broadcast commentary on prevention of exploitation (available here from at 06:50 minutes in)
TalkRadio 30.01.20
Independent 26.01.20
Boris Johnson rows back on proposal to introduce amnesty for undocumented migrants
Financial Times 17.01.20
University cleaner case raises labour rules concerns
Independent 01.01.20
Surge in suspected modern slavery victims waiting years for Home Office decisions
Reuters 31.12.19
Scapegoats to supply chains: five aims for anti-slavery in 2020
BBC News 02.12.19
‘Exploited’ workers propping up the building sector
Independent 14.11.19
Independent 05.11.19
‘Traumatised’ Vietnamese man detained in UK for two years despite evidence he was trafficking victim
Reuters 30.10.19
UK truck deaths reignite calls to tackle nail bar slavery
Reuters 30.10.19
Opinion: Who is really responsible for the Essex truck deaths?
Reuters 29.10.19
Expert Views: UK truck deaths cast spotlight on global trade in humans
Huffington Post 26.10.19
BBC – Victoria Derbyshire Live 25.10.19
VRT Belgium 25.10.19
Sky News 24.10.19
Live broadcast interview regarding the death of 39 people in a lorry, identified in Grays, Essex
BBC 5 Live 23.10.19
Live broadcast interview regarding the death of 39 people in a lorry, identified in Grays, Essex
Reuters 22.10.19
Gig economy is ‘extreme exploitation’ says director Ken Loach
Reuters 18.10.19
UK urged to stop human traffickers exploiting Brexit uncertainty
The Independent 18.10.19
More than 1,000 modern slavery victims discovered in Britain last year
Reuters 18.10.19
Five years on, is the UK’s landmark anti-slavery law fit for purpose?
Reuters 18.10.19
The Sun 14.10.19
Number of British modern slavery victims soars by 72%
The Independent 14.10.19
Number of British modern slavery victims up 72% in a year, figures show
Government Europa 18.09.19
Labour exploitation: Brexit to increase ‘conveyor belt’ of trafficked migrants
The Independent 16.09.19
Brexit uncertainty could leave thousands of trafficking victims in uncertainty
Futures of Work 31.07.19
The UK’s future migration system: denying migrant workers’ humanity?
Reuters 30.07.19
UK government must stop detaining victims of trafficking under immigration powers
The Independent 29.07.19
The Home Office is locking up victims of slavery. Will Priti Patel do the right thing and end this?
The Independent 29.07.19
Home Office illegally put trafficking victims in detention centres, report finds
InfoMigrants 23.07.19
Travailler sans papiers en Angleterre est interdit mais surtout “risqué”
Financial Times 17.06.19
Single labour inspectorate should protect workers, minister says
TalkRadio 09.06.19
Interview unavailable; regarding victims of human trafficking in immigration detention centres
Reuters 09.06.19
UK aims to uncover more traffickers with new modern slavery research centre
The Independent 09.06.19
Chinese women being trafficked to UK suffer further harm as detention numbers nearly double
Reuters 23.05.19
UK urged to sharpen slavery law to target business and help children
Financial Times 02.05.19
Foreign cleaners expose lack of protection in UK labour market
Financial Times 29.04.19
Car washes clean up their acts as UK fights labour abuses
Reuters 18.04.19
Opinion: How UK immigration policy is making a marketplace for human traffickers
The Express 12.04.19
UK is a guiding light in modern slavery but more must be done, warns expert
LBC Radio 07.04.19
Programme unavailable; interview regarding hand car washes and modern slavery.
Reuters 07.04.19
UK car wash app uncovers nearly 1000 suspected cases of modern slavery
Open Democracy 28.03.19
The UK Modern Slavery Act: more for the ‘saviours’ than the ‘saved’
Reuters 27.03.19
Show don’t tell – government urged to lead way on tackling modern slavery
Reuters 19.03.19
Migrant workers face abuse, slavery threat in post-Brexit Britain
The Financial Times 15.03.19
Spike in modern slavery reports hits stretched council services
Reuters 07.03.19
UK anti-slavery agency offers carrot before stick to businesses
The Independent 13.02.19
Home Office using low paid temporary workers to make ‘life-or-death’ decisions on human trafficking
Reuters 03.02.19
UK set to appoint top cop as new anti-slavery chief
The Independent 03.02.19
Grooming scandal police chief appointed to lead UK’s fight against modern slavery
The Independent 02.02.19
Reuters 01.02.19
UK rejects calls to license car washes to prevent worker abuses
The Daily Mail 25.01.19
UK fashion sector rapped for worker exploitation
Reuters 22.01.19
Lawmakers urge UK to punish big companies that fail to tackle modern slavery
Reuters 18.01.19
Slavery victims claim back cash after illegal UK allowance cuts
The Independent 18.01.19:
Home Office announces repayment for slavery victims after it unlawfully cut their support
The Financial Times 27.12.18:
Modern slavery watchdog claims success despite criticism
Reuters 04.12.18:
UK faces tough task to ensure government supply chains are slave-free
Daily Mail 28.11.18:
UK urged to protect post-Brexit seasonal farmworkers from slavery
Reuters 15.11.18:
License hand car washes to combat slavery, say British lawmakers
The Telegraph 10.11.18:
Google factory workers making Pixel smartphones are ‘underpaid and overworked’
The Daily Mail 05.11.18:
Fee for EU citizens staying in UK puts slavery survivors at risk
The Independent 03.11.18:
The Guardian 03.11.18:
Trafficked Europeans may have to pay to stay in UK after Brexit
The Daily Mail 26.10.18:
UK imposes landmark labour ban on duo who exploited foreign workers
The Daily Mail 23.10.18:
Marks & Spencer tops list of major British firms tackling modern slavery
The Daily Mail 20.10.18:
UK companies’ struggle to ensure fair wages sparks slavery concerns
The Independent 18.09.18:
Brexit plan to bring in more non EU workers could lead to sharp rise in exploitation
The Guardian 30.08.18:
Study estimates 500,000 EU workers are in low-skilled jobs
The Financial Times 28.08.18:
Modern slavery campaigners turn to online exploitation
The Financial Times 26.07.18:
Forced labour in the UK: I tried to escape… they cut my finger off
The Guardian 23.05.18:
Home Office under fire over muddled strategy on slavery that fails victims
The Independent 17.05.18:
The UK’s first Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner resigns citing government interference
The Guardian 08.05.18:
Slaves working in UK construction and car washes
The Daily Mail 07.02.18:
Britain slashes handouts for victims of modern slavery
Huffington Post 08.04.14
Bringing Balance to the UK Modern Slavery Bill
Huffington Post 28.03.14
Prevention – The First Line of Defence Against Human Trafficking
Guardian 20.12.13
Theresa May’s modern slavery bill will fail to provide protection to victims