Modern slavery
Modern slavery in the
UK is defined by the Modern Slavery Act (MSA) as including offences such as
slavery, servitude, forced or compulsory labour, and human trafficking. It
occurs when someone loses their freedom and is controlled and exploited by
another person or people for personal or commercial gain.
Click here for shocking modern slavery facts and figures.
One of the best things we can do is to Inform ourselves - here's a few suggestions
Watch What is modern-day slavery? BBC World News Impact programme
Watch Modern Slavery Awareness by NHS England
Reading a book can be a way of imagining yourself ‘walking in the shoes’ of a character very unlike yourself and your own experience, perhaps someone who does not have a valid passport in their possession. Such is the case with the following books about those on the fringes, the ‘precariat’ of today’s society, chiefly because they are in one way or other ‘enslaved’.
The Road Home by Rose Tremain
The Year of the Runaways by Sanjeev Sahota
Happiness by Anita Forna
The Slave Across the Street by Theresa L. Flores