Established by FLEX in 2019, the Taskforce is comprised of 18 expert organisations working with, or for, victims or survivors of trafficking. The Taskforce works to build a better system for survivors of trafficking in immigration detention:
- Focus on Labour Exploitation (FLEX) (coordinating organisation)
- Medical Justice (Chair)
- After Exploitation
- Anti-Slavery International
- Anti-Trafficking and Labour Exploitation Unit (ATLEU)
- Association of Visitors to Immigration Detainees (AVID)
- Bail for Immigration Detainees
- Beyond Detention
- Detention Action
- Duncan Lewis Solicitors – Public Law
- ECPAT UK
- Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group
- Helen Bamber Foundation
- Hibiscus
- Jesuit Refugee Service UK
- Latin American Women’s Rights Service (LAWRS)
- The Snowdrop Project
- Unseen UK
Other organisations that wish to join the Taskforce are welcome to make an expression of interest to [email protected].
Latest publications
Barriers to Disclosure: A survivor of trafficking’s journey through the immigration process
March 2026Building a better system for survivors of trafficking in immigration detention
July 2024Immigration Enforcement Competent Authority; Briefing by the Taskforce on Survivors of Trafficking in Immigration Detention
July 2024Detention Taskforce Submission to the ICIBI call for evidence on the inspection of the Immigration Enforcement Competent Authority
February 2024FLEX submission to the 2024 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report
February 2024Latest updates
January 31, 2023
ICIBI report on adults in detention shows how Government is failing survivors of trafficking
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October 18, 2022
Anti-Slavery Day 2022: Modern slavery survivors must be protected not further harmed
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July 29, 2019
New Report and Launch of Taskforce on Victims of Trafficking in Immigration Detention Launches Today
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