Hope for Justice advocacy and advice services in the UK
Modern slavery survivor care: Hope for Justice UK advice service and signposting. Advocacy Advice Provision can help with welfare benefits & pre-NRM advocacy - Page 2
West Yorkshire Hub: Dozens of potential modern slavery cases identified through multi-agency partnership
Hope for Justice has received dozens of referrals about potential victims of modern slavery and human trafficking due to partnership in West Yorkshire, UK. - Page 2
UK Home Office withdraws harmful ‘reasonable grounds’ rules after legal challenge
The UK Government will withdraw and reconsider new rules that came into force four months ago that were already proving harmful to victims of modern slavery. - Page 2
West Yorkshire: Kirklees bed factory owner sentenced for facilitating human trafficking
A businessman from Kirklees has been sentenced to prison after becoming the first business owner in the UK to be convicted of a human trafficking offence. - Page 2
Greatest number of potential victims referred to NRM
Over 4,000 people entered the UK's National Referral Mechanism as potential victims of modern slavery between 1 April and 31 June 2022. - Page 2
West Yorkshire Hub: Two children rescued in joint operation
Hope for Justice is glad to have been able to assist in an operation that led to the rescue of two teenagers who are thought to be victims of human trafficking. Below news release courtesy West Yorkshire Police: Calderdale Police have rescued two children who are thought to have been trafficked into the UK. Detectives led - Page 2
Covid-19 and modern slavery: A policy brief
Hope for Justice summarises a policy brief by Modern Slavery PEC that explores the setbacks and advances the pandemic has caused to anti-trafficking efforts - Page 2
Modern slavery is not a legal loophole
The UK should be a hostile environment for those who traffick and exploit other human beings, not hostile towards those who have survived such abuses. - Page 2
Webinar: Combating Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery in the UK
Hope for Justice is among the speakers at this webinar on 'Combating Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery in the UK: Developing a Stronger Multi-Agency Response' - Page 2
West Yorkshire: Survivor of forced labour left homeless as case ‘slipped through the system’
A human trafficking survivor received no support despite receiving a formal decision from the UK Home Office that he was likely a victim of modern slavery. - Page 2