Two new government schemes designed to bring in short-term migrant workers to cover the shortfall created by Brexit could increase exploitation and leave low-paid workers vulnerable to abuse, think charities like Focus on Labour Exploitation (FLEX) and the Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford.
Police in Salerno and in other areas across Italy have carried out an operation against a criminal ring allegedly exploiting undocumented migrants and forcing them into slavery.
A new report says that children from Vietnam trafficked to the UK are often exploited by human smugglers and forced to work in nail salons and as prostitutes. Europe is ill-equipped to identify and handle the victims.
A total of 780 human trafficking victims were reported in Tunisia in 2018, up from the 742 registered the previous year, the National commission for the fight against human trafficking (INLCTP) has said. The majority of cases were 'domestic slavery' and 'forced labor.'
The situation in Libya remains dangerous, with human traffickers selling migrants as slaves and exploiting them for personal gain. In response to many queries online, we have compiled some facts on migrant abuse in the transit country.
In the UK, survivors of human trafficking and exploitation are being offered the chance of a brighter future through a unique education course. A program run by Northern College in Yorkshire provides classes and accommodation in a safe environment for people who have suffered extreme trauma.
With the help of Interpol, 200 Sudanese officers have dismantled an operation that forced 85 minors into intensive labor. Interpol officials said the number of nationalities involved shows it's a "transnational problem."
The past she was attempting to flee came back to haunt a young Yazidi woman in a small town in Germany. Her former IS tormentor confronted her on the street and "told me he knew everything about me."
A young migrant who landed in Reggio Calabria last week has described his dramatic experience of being maltreated and sold into slavery before arriving in Italy.
The sanctions would include a blacklist on six men described as top operators in transnational smuggling networks. But Russia has requested more evidence before the sanctions can go into effect.
Libyan police recently freed eight Sudanese migrants in a raid on January 23. The men had been kidnapped by an armed group 10 days prior and had been subjected to torture during their captivity. Several of them were relatives of Abou Bakr Ibrahim, a Sudanese man who lives in France. Ibrahim told France 24 how a social media campaign resulted in their release.
Morocco will repatriate 800 migrants from Libya in three different operations.