Improving the help given to child victims of trafficking: ReACT conference, Jan 2017
/Report on a four-day conference on Reinforcing Assistance to Child Victims of Trafficking (ReACT); a partnership project between ECPAT groups in the UK, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany.
Read MoreVictims of slavery facing destitution because of problems in the benefits system
/Parliament has launched an inquiry into the current situation where victims of slavery often end up in fear of homelessness and destitution when navigating the benefits system.
Read MoreForging a new model to help trafficking victims
/Victoria Marks explains how – with the help of a fairy godmother – she and her colleagues went from redundancy to founding the award-winning ATLEU in an article just published in Legal Voice.
Review reveals that Government is failing victims of slavery who need legal help
/ATLEU hopes to offer free training to legal aid providers wishing to undertake compensation work for victims of trafficking and modern slavery. If you would be interested then please email atleuteam@atleu.org.uk to indicate your interest.
Read MoreImmigration success for our clients
/ome examples of the success we've had in immigration cases. All of these decisions have made significant changes to our clients lives and many of them reveal the authorities' lack of understanding of the impact of trafficking and their legal obligations to protect victims of trafficking.
Read MoreUpdate on legal aid review for compensation claims
/In March this year, the government settled our Judicial Review which challenged its failure to give victims the legal support to bring compensation claims against their traffickers. The government told the Court that it would report by the end of June 2016. Despite our requests, however, the Ministry of Justice had still not replied to us about progress on this review over five months later.
Read MoreBone-headness and luck
/'It was only when I worked at the law centre that I really learned the meaning of pressure and long hours.'
Read Emmy Gibbs new blog for Legal Voice on making the switch from commercial to social welfare law.
Emily Gibbs speaks on BBC Radio 4 about domestic workers
/Emmy Gibbs and Joy, her client who was employed under a domestic worker visa, spoke last night on BBC Radio 4.
File on Four explained the grave problems with the current domestic worker visa which is failing to protect workers from slavery.
Read MoreATLEU wins Anti-Slavery Day award
/We are proud to announce that we won an award for our Outstanding Contribution to the Fight Against Modern Slavery at the Anti Slavery Day Awards last night.
Read MoreInterviewing children training: 30 November 2016
/Our expert in advocating for refugee children and victims of trafficking, Kalvir Kaur, will be delivering this training in partnership with ECPAT. The course costs £75 and aims to develop greater knowledge of best practice for interviewing children.
Read MoreImplications of Brexit for victims of modern slavery
/Any briefing about something as uncertain and confused as Brexit can only be a series of suggestions about the various threats and possible ways to mitigate this. There will be other consequences; some we may be able to foresee today and others that will only come into view later.
Read MoreApplications open for ATLEU training contract
/ATLEU is offering a paid trainee solicitor post as part of this year's Justice First Fellowship Scheme. The post is funded by The Legal Education Foundation and Hogan Lovells LLP. Read more about how to apply here.
New ATLEU workshop in Plymouth on child trafficking
/Join us at a workshop in Plymouth next month to learn more about representing child victims of trafficking in the UK.
Read MoreVictims of trafficking still face a fight for compensation
/Little has changed for victims seeking justice since the introduction of the Modern Slavery Act, according to new research from FLEX.
Read MoreWill Theresa May finally deliver on her promise to tackle modern slavery?
/Teresa May and the government has failed to provide victims with the help they need and to which they are legally entitled.
Read MoreATLEU awarded Justice First Fellowship
/We are proud to have been chosen as one of the hosts for the Legal Education Foundation's 2017 Justice First Fellowship Scheme. We are now recruiting a trainee solicitor to work with our award winning anti trafficking team.
Read MoreAnd the winner is….ATLEU!
/We are absolutely delighted to announce that we’ve won legal aid firm/not-for-profit agency at the Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year awards 2016 for our groundbreaking work with victims of trafficking.
Read MoreSupreme Court ruling highlights gap in the law for victims of trafficking
/The Supreme Court has ruled that workers who are vulnerable due to their immigration status are not protected by race discrimination legislation.
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