New HTF Report: The Voice of British Survivors of Modern Slavery

The Voice of British Survivors of Modern Slavery (November 2021) A Post-Event Report Summary of the Experience and Challenges that British Child and Young Adult Survivors Face in the UK.

While British survivors of Modern Slavery are now recognised as the largest cohort in referrals to the National Referral Mechanism, the Government’s framework for identifying victims, their voices are not being heard. This report details the findings from a HTF online event earlier this year, co-created with two British survivor advocates which shone a light on the challenges these survivors face accessing adequate support and in being recognised as victims of Modern Slavery. While the report documents the failings British survivors have experienced, it also looks forward and sets out twenty key recommendations that HTF believes are needed to address the insufficient level of care, support and identification of British survivors in the UK.

The timing of this report is particularly pertinent as it is published while the Government is attempting to pass legislation which would bring Modern Slavery provisions under immigration law within the Nationality and Borders Bill. This legislation would conflate migration with trafficking, overlooking, to all intents and purposes, while impacting, this large cohort of British victims.