Access to safety

All survivors have a right to identification, safety, support, secure status, justice and remedy.

We are campaigning for changes to systems and policies in order to make this a reality for all survivors.

Consultations

Briefings

ATLEU response to Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities’ consultation on reforms to social housing allocations. Impact on victims and survivors of trafficking and modern slavery.
ATLEU Submission to the UN Human Rights Committee. Examination of the eighth periodic report of the United Kingdom. Trafficking and modern slavery, and access to justice.

Providing the right support and protection to survivors of human trafficking and modern slavery, including long-term leave to remain, is integral to ensuring that they can recover and rebuild their lives.

Access to legal advice

There is a legal advice crisis for survivors of trafficking and modern slavery, large numbers of whom are not able to access timely and specialist legal advice.

We are calling for changes to legal aid funding to end this legal advice crisis.

Consultations

Reports

ATLEU report reveals how survivors of trafficking and modern slavery are being left destitute and at risk of exploitation as a result of a crumbling legal aid system that is failing to provide them with the support they need.

Access to compensation

Compensation is crucial; for recovery and sustainable freedom for survivors, and to punish and deter traffickers. Yet, the number of survivors who are able to obtain compensation, either from their trafficker or the state, is woeful.

We are working for changes to law and policy so that survivors are compensated for the crimes committed against them.

Consultations

Briefings

Reports

Trafficking and modern slavery is a criminal offence but there is no corresponding civil offence. A civil remedy of trafficking and modern slavery should be introduced into law to allow victims to recover compensation from their trafficker more easily.

Trafficking 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.

Access to safe migration

Restrictive, tied and temporary visa schemes in the UK are driving exploitation, trafficking and debt bondage of migrant workers.

We are campaigning so that migrant workers can access rights and remedy when abuse and exploitation occurs, and for an end to policies which drive exploitation.

Consultations

Access to safety

ATLEU response to impact of social housing allocations on survivors, March 2024

ATLEU submission to the UN Human Rights Committee on trafficking and access to justice, February 2024

Joint Briefing: Updated policy for granting temporary permission to stay for survivors, November 2024

Access to legal advice

ATLEU Submission to the ATMG: Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA) 4th evaluation round of the UK, October 2024

ATLEU submission to the Public Accounts Committee Call for Evidence - Value for Money from Legal Aid Inquiry, March 2024

ATLEU response to Ministry of Justice Review of Civil Legal Aid Consultation, February 2024

ATLEU’s response to the National Audit Office consultation on legal aid, July 2023

‘It has destroyed me’: A legal advice system on the brink, October 2022

Access to compensation

ATLEU Response to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme Review: Additional consultation, September 2023

Joint response calling for the removal of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme ‘unspent conviction rule’, August 2022

The need for a civil remedy of trafficking and modern slavery: Compensating survivors and punishing traffickers, September 2023

Survivors of trafficking and the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme, November 2020

Access to safe migration

Ensuring Safety and Dignity for Migrant Workers in the UK, July 2024

Protecting workers on the UK’s Seasonal Worker Scheme: A call to action for the next government, June 2024