Established by FLEX in 2019, the Taskforce is comprised of 13 expert organisations working with, or for, victims of trafficking:
- Focus on Labour Exploitation (FLEX) (coordinating organisation)
- Helen Bamber Foundation (Chair)
- Bail for Immigration Detainees
- Anti-Slavery International
- Duncan Lewis Solicitors – Public Law
- Medical Justice
- Association of Visitors to Immigration Detainees (AVID)
- Jesuit Refugee Service UK
- ECPAT UK
- After Exploitation
- Unseen UK
- Detention Action
- Anti-Trafficking and Labour Exploitation Unit (ATLEU)
Other organisations that wish to join the Taskforce are welcome to make an expression of interest to [email protected].
Latest publications
Taskforce for Victims of Trafficking in Immigration Detention ‘Illegal Migration’ Bill – Second Reading Briefing
March 2023Human Rights of Asylum Seekers in the UK – Detention Taskforce Response to Joint Committee on Human Rights call for evidence
December 2022Detention Taskforce submission of evidence: Pre-legislative scrutiny of the draft Victims Bill
June 2022Detention Taskforce briefing for House of Lords – Nationality and Borders Bill
December 2021Bad Decisions: the creation of an Immigration Enforcement Competent Authority will undermine identifying and protecting victims of crime
November 2021Latest 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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