Modern slavery has no place in the New Plan for Immigration and risks creating policy which overlooks the needs of survivors who are first and foremost, victims of crime. Based on the limited information the government has provided, we fear that these proposals, if implemented, will put survivors at a higher risk of detention, exploitation and re-trafficking.
Read MoreWe are calling for all potential survivors of slavery or trafficking who are in the National Referral Mechanism to have access to work. This access must not be restricted and should be granted automatically once a person is identified as a potential victim of trafficking.
Read MoreATLEU have now launched their new online referral system to improve survivors’ access to free legal advice.
Read MoreTrafficking survivors have died before receiving a single penny of compensation because of the length of time it takes to successfully get through the government’s Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) process, according to a new report from ATLEU.
Read MoreLegal advice is an essential part of the support needed by survivors of trafficking and slavery to escape, recover and rebuild their lives. Survivors need advice and assistance to navigate and engage with the complex systems through which they are identified, access accommodation and support, regularise their immigration status and recover compensation.
Read MoreOur response to this review is informed by our day to day experience of practising public law and advising survivors of trafficking and slavery and those who help them.
Read MoreFour barristers previously instructed by ATLEU have now been appointed as fee paid employment judges. Niran de Silva, Anna Beale, Akua Reindorf and Louise Price have all represented our clients in some of our most influential cases.
Read MoreATLEU are calling for an immediate change to the way legal aid payments are structured on trafficking cases.
Read MoreATLEU supports Black Lives Matter. We support the fight for racial justice and equality in the US, in the UK and around the globe. We recognise that racial oppression and murder cannot exist without the complicity and active support of the state and the very institutions that should be there to protect us all. We reject the idea that the protests we see happening here and around the world are in response to American racism alone - this is our enduring global crisis.
Read MoreATLEU will challenge the family worker exemption to the right to receive the national minimum wage. The challenge will be heard at the London South Employment Tribunal from 28 - 30 April 2020.
Read MoreFar more needs to be done to ensure that victims of trafficking get access to justice say the Anti Trafficking Monitoring Group (ATMG). The ATMG and 10 other organisations, including ATLEU, has gathered evidence on how well the UK has implemented the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings.
Read MoreLast year, 1256 individuals who were given a positive reasonable grounds trafficking decision were detained in immigration removal centres according to the After Exploitation project, writes Tom Nunn, ATLEU solicitor.
Read MoreThe government has today released a new policy on support for confirmed victims of modern slavery.
Read MoreATLEU is gathering information about the experiences of victims of trafficking when they make applications to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA).
Read MoreThe Supreme Court granted ATLEU permission to appeal the judgment of the Court of Appeal in MS (Pakistan). This gives the Supreme Court its first opportunity to consider complex issues concerning the identification of victims of trafficking.
Read MoreRecent reports by the National Audit Office and the Public Accounts Committee have raised concerns about the government’s lack of progress in tackling modern slavery. We welcome this independent inquiry and our Director, Victoria Marks can be seen giving evidence here.
Our written evidence to the committee can be found here.
Four leading agencies working with victims of trafficking have produced a list of 10 core principles in a new guide for services providing Places of Safety and early support for adult survivors.
Read MoreATLEU is proud to announce the opening of our new office in Sheffield.
We are thrilled to begin our award winning practice in the north of England. We have long recognised the difficulties that victims of trafficking experience in getting legal representation around the country. We want to thank those who have helped us to get this far.
Read MoreATLEU are holding compensation training on Monday 24 September for practitioners who want to help victims of modern slavery to bring a claim against their traffickers. To register for your free place on this course, email s.poll@atleu.org.uk by Friday 14 September 2018.
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