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Human Trafficking & Modern Day Slavery

What is it?

Human Trafficking (HT) is the illegal movement of victims for the purpose of exploitation. In Modern Day Slavery (MDS), people who have been trafficked are held against their will and forced to work. This is often manual labour or sexual exploitation. They are two separate crimes and are similar but distinct.


How does it happen? 

Sometimes people are coerced into travelling, sometimes they are tricked to go under their own free will - for instance with the promise of a job or accommodation at the other end. Once at the destination however, their passports and documents are taken away and they are forced to work.   


How are people trapped?

Traffickers often tell victims that they have to work in order to pay them back for transport tickets, accommodation or other costs and use threats (such as harming the rest of their family) and violence to control them. Under this guise, amazingly a number of victims do not even realise what is going on. But this is Human Trafficking and Modern Day Slavery.   

What's Going on Now?

How does this affect Refugees?

Right now

It is not hard to see the opportunity available to Traffickers in the current situation; with millions of people in need of shelter and money. And the Traffickers are absolutely currently at work. We know that they are patrolling the borders and targeting the most vulnerable. Most people are unaware of the risk of being trafficked and put into slavery and in their desperate need, make easy pickings. The scale of this situation is currently being under-reported.    


Problems

Shockingly, the United Kingdom is the only European country which currently recognise Modern Day Slavery as an offence making successful convictions excessively hard. Human Trafficking is better recognised but due to large-scale lack of understanding, resources and sometimes corruption within law enforcement agencies, implementation of existing laws is often vanishingly poor.  

What can we do?

Raising awareness of the risk is pivotal to prevention. Every Bucket of Love which is distributed will contain essential information, in Ukrainian, explaining what HT & MDS is, what warning signs to look for and critically, a list of suitable helpline numbers to call should someone find themselves trafficked or suspect a situation.   


These leaflets have kindly been compiled for the purpose by leading anti HT & MDS organisation Justice & Care.  


Justice & Care works internationally to rescue and support victims, train front line professionals and bring criminal gangs to account. For more information about their invaluable work please see their website.  


They are currently on the ground and are also implementing awareness campaigns along the borders.      


There are a number of committed anti HT & MDS charities such as:  


  • Unseen  
  • A21  
  • Hope for Justice  


And some aid organisations such as the British Red Cross have programmes to support victims.  


These are just a few. As with all organisations, some are more effective than others but it is unequivocal that all efforts to raise awareness and prevent this most diabolical of crimes, should be encouraged. 


Human Trafficking and Modern Day Slavery is the fastest growing criminal industry in the world, generating an estimated £113 billion per year. No effort should be spared to protect and rescue its victims and bring its perpetrators to account.

SPOTTING THE SIGNS

What to look for

Many people are unaware that Human Trafficking and Modern Day Slavery happens here in the UK - indeed the problem is rife and rising. Using the refugee crisis as a veil, we can only expect to see the problem snowball. It is important that there is common awareness of the risk and signs. 

KEY INDICATORS:

  • Unvetted job offers 


  • Offers too good to be true  


  • No job footprint-website/contract of jobs/vetted locations


  • Perpetrator insisting on a decision Intimidation and threats 


  • Perpetrator appears agitated when questioned on job offer/accommodation/ transport  

Behaviour of a potential victim

  • Seems anxious/agitated or withdrawn and neglected 


  • Appears to be under the control of someone else and reluctant to interact with others 


  • Avoids eye contact, appears frightened or nervous of the police


  • Can’t communicate freely 

SAFETY MEASURES

YOU NEED TO KNOW:

  • Nobody is allowed to retain your personal documents other than the police. If anyone is soliciting this from you, no matter the reasons, refuse and report the situation. 


  •  Nobody is allowed to solicit sexual services against your will or to force you to work or beg in exchange for the offered support. This is a crime.  


  • If accepting accommodation or a job, make sure you know the address where you will be staying. Send the details to someone you trust. Remember HT & MDS can happen within your own country - not just abroad.    

UK HELPLINE NUMBERS

IF YOU SUSPECT TRAFFICKING OR MODERN DAY SLAVERY IN THE UK, PLEASE CALL:

  • The Modern Slavery & Exploitation Helpline, run by Unseen: 08000 121 700 


  • The Salvation Army on: 0800 808 3733 


  • Or call 999 and ask for the Police  


  • To report a missing child, report sitings of a missing child and get support whilst searching for your loved one call:  Runaway Helpline on: 116 000 

             (this can be used internationally)   



DONATE PHONES & SIMS

We are considering appealing for non-smart mobile phones, with pay as you go SIM cards pre-loaded with the appropriate help-line numbers. If you are a supplier and would be interested in donating either handsets or international pay-as-you-go SIMS, please get in touch here. 

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