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Training on compensation claims for victims of trafficking
Our compensation specialists, Jamila Duncan-Bosu and Juliette Nash will be holding a training session for lawyers who want to bring a claim for victims of trafficking.
New report on supporting adult survivors of slavery
The support currently provided to survivors of human trafficking and modern slavery is not meeting their needs, finds a new report by The Human Trafficking Foundation and their partners.
Charity attacks funding of legal support needed by victims of modern slavery
The award winning charity ATLEU, announced today that it is setting up a separate law firm, Saltworks, to raise the money it needs to provide effective support to victims; with all profits being ploughed back into the charity.
Improving the help given to child victims of trafficking: ReACT conference, Jan 2017
Report on a four-day conference on Reinforcing Assistance to Child Victims of Trafficking (ReACT); a partnership project between ECPAT groups in the UK, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany.
Victims of slavery facing destitution because of problems in the benefits system
Parliament has launched an inquiry into the current situation where victims of slavery often end up in fear of homelessness and destitution when navigating the benefits system.
Review reveals that Government is failing victims of slavery who need legal help
ATLEU hopes to offer free training to legal aid providers wishing to undertake compensation work for victims of trafficking and modern slavery. If you would be interested then please email atleuteam@atleu.org.uk to indicate your interest.
Immigration success for our clients
ome examples of the success we've had in immigration cases. All of these decisions have made significant changes to our clients lives and many of them reveal the authorities' lack of understanding of the impact of trafficking and their legal obligations to protect victims of trafficking.
Update on legal aid review for compensation claims
In March this year, the government settled our Judicial Review which challenged its failure to give victims the legal support to bring compensation claims against their traffickers. The government told the Court that it would report by the end of June 2016. Despite our requests, however, the Ministry of Justice had still not replied to us about progress on this review over five months later.
Emily Gibbs speaks on BBC Radio 4 about domestic workers
Emmy Gibbs and Joy, her client who was employed under a domestic worker visa, spoke last night on BBC Radio 4.
File on Four explained the grave problems with the current domestic worker visa which is failing to protect workers from slavery.
ATLEU wins Anti-Slavery Day award
We are proud to announce that we won an award for our Outstanding Contribution to the Fight Against Modern Slavery at the Anti Slavery Day Awards last night.