Duty to Notify the Home Office of Potential Victims of Modern Slavery

Victims of slavery who have acted as ..

One in four victims of modern slavery are children.

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Regulating the immigration status of many survivors takes years, whilst with barely any support the victims often become destitute and struggle to make ends meet.

Scots & Caribbean Slavery – victims and profiteers

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“We are pleased to see that some of these overdue changes are to be included in the government proposal, they offer a ray of hope for the victims. It is critical that decision making is focused on the best interests and rights of slavery victims, regardless of their immigration status.

Why Nigerian victims of slavery cannot sue Libya, by Falana

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Although slavery is illegal in every country in the modern world, it still exists, and even on the narrowest definition of slavery it's likely that there are far more slaves now than there were victims of the Atlantic slave trade.

Mark of slavery used on trafficking victims - CNN

Although slavery has been outlawed, it still exists; even on the narrowest definition of slavery it's likely that there are far more slaves now than there were victims of the Atlantic slave trade.

Bob Corker, R-Tenn., speaks of the struggle to end modern slavery

The last country to abolish slavery was the African state of Mauritania, where a 1981 presidential decree abolished the practice; however, no criminal laws were passed to enforce the ban. In August 2007 Mauritania's parliament passed legislation making the practice of slavery punishable by up to 10 years in prison.

The voice of trafficking victims - Anti-Slavery International

In the United States before the Civil War, the average slave cost the equivalent of about fifty thousand dollars. I'm not sure what the average price of a slave is today, but it can't be more than fifty or sixty dollars.

Seventy Percent of Victims of Modern Slavery are Women …

And while the price of slaves has gone down, the return on the slaveholder's investment has skyrocketed. In the antebellum South, slaves brought an average return of about 5 percent. Now bonded agricultural laborers in India generate more than a 50 percent profit per year for their slaveholders, and a return of 800 percent is not at all uncommon for holders of sex slaves.

International Day of Remembrance of Slavery Victims …

On December 17, 2007, the United Nations General Assembly designated March 25 as the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. It was first observed in 2008.