ECPAT UK is deeply concerned that the Immigration and Asylum Bill will have a profoundly negative impact on children in the UK. Measures that weaken access to protection, reduce safeguards for young people with insecure immigration status, and prioritise immigration control over children's welfare risk increasing children's vulnerability to trafficking, exploitation and harm. Read more
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At the House of Commons, parliamentarians, experts, and survivors launched Decade of dignity – a collaborative 10-year vision to overhaul the UK’s response to modern slavery and exploitation. Discover the key pillars driving this critical call for renewed leadership and systemic change. Read more
Following the announcement In the King's Speech that the new Immigration and Asylum Bill will include reforms to the modern slavery legislative framework, leading organisations and experts warn the government that it cannot end human trafficking and modern slavery without a safeguarding-first response to all victims and survivors that shifts the balance of risk decisively onto traffickers Read more
ECPAT UK is deeply concerned that the Immigration and Asylum Bill will have a profoundly negative impact on children in the UK. Measures that weaken access to protection, reduce safeguards for young people with insecure immigration status, and prioritise immigration control over children's welfare risk increasing children's vulnerability to trafficking, exploitation and harm.
At the House of Commons, parliamentarians, experts, and survivors launched Decade of dignity – a collaborative 10-year vision to overhaul the UK’s response to modern slavery and exploitation. Discover the key pillars driving this critical call for renewed leadership and systemic change.
This report highlights how overlaps and gaps in terminology, and how they have created confusion and definitional instabilitythat hinders effective identification and intervention. These inconsistencies impact frontline practice, from safeguarding to policing and prosecution, resulting in missed opportunities to protect children from harm.