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  2. Slavery in Britain - Wikipedia

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    Research published in 2015, following the announcement of the government's 'Modern Slavery Strategy', [127] had estimated the number of potential victims of modern slavery in the UK to be around 10–13 thousand, [125] of whom roughly 7–10 thousand were currently unrecorded (given that 2,744 confirmed cases were known to the National Crime ...

  3. Slavery in the 21st century - Wikipedia

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    Contemporary slavery, also sometimes known as modern slavery or neo-slavery, refers to institutional slavery that continues to occur in present-day society. Estimates of the number of enslaved people today range from around 38 million [ 1 ] to 49.6 million, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] depending on the method used to form the estimate and the definition ...

  4. Modern Slavery Act 2015 - Wikipedia

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    The Modern Slavery Act 2015 (c. 30) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is designed to combat modern slavery in the UK and consolidates previous offences relating to trafficking and slavery. The act extends essentially to England and Wales, but some provisions (for example, relating to modern slavery statements and cross ...

  5. UK's tougher immigration policy risks trapping victims in ...

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    "When the Modern Slavery Act was passed in 2015, the UK was said to be world leading. That is no longer the case," said the report, published in October. It urged the government to amend the ...

  6. Number of suspected modern slavery victims surges to ... - AOL

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    The number of suspected victims of modern slavery referred for help is up 15 per cent year-on-year

  7. Thousands of modern slavery cases rejected in Home Office ...

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    Genuine victims of modern slavery not getting the support they need, charities warn Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to ...

  8. List of judgments of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ...

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    Employment law, human trafficking, modern slavery, diplomatic immunity, Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations: A Saudi Arabian diplomat who alleged subjected a domestic staff member to conditions that would constitute modern slavery cannot rely on diplomatic immunity to prevent claims for compensation.

  9. UK’s care sector sees reports of modern slavery double ...

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