It’s deeply alarming that only 6% of #humantrafficking & #modernslavery cases in #Scotland lead to convictions. It’s a systemic failure. Evidence gathering is hard, victims are retraumatised, laws are complex, and resources are under pressure. www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/concern...

👇 www.lighthousereports.com/investigatio...

The EU-funded deportation centre near the Turkish-Syrian border. Last year, journalists revealed illegal deportations and violence against refugees. The EU just hands over the money, no questions asked. These are the direct, deadly and intentional consequences of EU policy.

The Home Secretary’s framing of “vexatious, last‐minute” #modernslavery claims is deeply troubling. Suggesting victims “suddenly deciding” they are modern slaves on the eve of deportation isn’t just inaccurate. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

When Assad’s security state collapsed, locked doors opened, spilling decades of secrets. Among them: 100s of stolen children, hidden in orphanages & used to blackmail parents. We’ve done the deepest dive yet into this cruel system. Here’s what we found 🧵 www.lighthousereports.com/investigatio...

Zeker vijftig Sudanezen omgekomen bij brand op Middellandse Zee

The UN Commission of Inquiry has issued a damning report, concluding that Israel has committed and is continuing to commit genocide in Gaza www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

Brazil’s supreme court finds Bolsonaro guilty of plotting military coup

Bolsonaro convicted by Brazilian Supreme Court www.reuters.com/world/americ...

'Stop the Inhumanity at Europe's Borders!' Here is our Campaign Manifesto. Supported by 160 NGOs and civil society associations across the continent. www.against-inhumanity.org/wp-content/u...

UN Human Rights Committee rules against Malta’s and Italy’s non-assistance #Refugees

Child trafficking is a heinous crime that disrupts the social fabric and cohesion of the targeted societies. Dr. Najat Maalla M'jid, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on violence against children, stated that “Children make up almost four in 10 victims of trafficking worldwide.”

In drie jaar kreeg de Arbeidsinspectie 131 meldingen over arbeidsmigranten die te weinig geld ontvingen. Niet één daarvan leidde tot nabetaling aan de migrant. De inspectie zegt dat dit niet haar taak is, de arbeidsmigranten blijven gedesillusioneerd achter. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/u...

Child trafficking is a heinous crime that disrupts the social fabric and cohesion of the targeted societies. The “Devolved Decision-Making Pilot” reduces “decision wait times” for child victims of exploitation & human trafficking to “101 days,” helping victims to heal and start anew!

Op initiatief Kamerlid @ilsesaris.bsky.social (NSC) is vanmiddag 👇motie door Tweede Kamer aangenomen die regering o.a. verzoekt toezicht en sancties op onveilige arbeidsomstandigheden voor arbeidsmigranten te intensiveren! #arbeidsmigratie. Lees ook onze brief: www.valente.nl/kennisbank/b...

As of November 2024, over 4,000 ex-Boko Haram fighters had joined the country’s three formal Disarmament, Demobilisation, and Reintegration centres. But overcrowding, scarce resources, and few staff undermine efforts to provide the care and mediation needed for safe reintegration.

Al Jazeera has done a lot of great reporting on these scam centres (more like forced labour camps), here's one of their most recent videos www.aljazeera.com/video/true-c...

8 new UK areas join devolved NRM pilot—cutting child exploitation decision wait times from 471 to 101 days. Empowering local safeguarding teams to act quickly embeds child-centred justice at its core. 🧵 www.gov.uk/government/n...

NEW: An Oxford report warns that misleading media coverage is shaping public debate on immigration and human rights. The study finds the ECHR is frequently misreported in deportation cases, fueling misconceptions that erode trust in the legal system. 🧵 [1/8]

Geweld achter de voordeur, seksueel misbruik – hoe zinvol is een aangifte? Geüpdatet interview uit 2021 met advocaat @margreetdeboer.bsky.social. (Zonder betaalmuur te lezen, een donatie is 🧡) coornstra.nl/psychologie/...

📄 Recently, @shareaction.bsky.social and 33 other organisations, including Anti-Slavery International, sent a letter to the @europarl.europa.eu. In the letter, we call on them to protect the review clause in the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (#CSDDD). But what does this mean?

We hosted a side event at the Helsinki+50 conference with OSCE and ODIHR. Key takeaway: survivor-centred, multi-stakeholder collaboration is essential to ending human trafficking. Find out more in our summary report: bit.ly/4g3Sobr

Volkswagen Brazil @volkswagen.bsky.social has been fined $30M for subjecting workers to slave-like conditions on an Amazon ranch. A historic ruling. But also a stark reminder: slavery is not just a relic of the past — it remains embedded in today’s economies. 🧵 www.kyfreepress.com.au/world/volksw...

During the summer, Dr Hein de Haas initiated a series of blog posts on #Substack addressing recurring and divisive issues within migration debates. For those who may not have come across them, please subscribe to the series or read the posts directly via the links provided below. #HMRW #Heindehaas

Transnational organized criminal organizations have been waging hybrid warfare tactics against democratic & accountability institutions globally for years. Europe and UK need to better understand & intervene on how they leverage tech, crypto & grievance-stoking comms. youtu.be/y3QKtwFis-o?...

Four "meta" problems that undermine democratic and accountability institutions globally. From my speech to some members of U.S. Congress and U.S. Parliament in May 2025. Problem 1: a TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME SYNDICATE (or MAFIA STATE) problem www.linkedin.com/pulse/addres...

Highly relevant and recommended new preface! Ending (still) with: "Broad, powerful, carefully focused coalitions are still the only way that the democratic world can resist the influence of autocratic propaganda, and autocratic corruption".

Highly relevant and recommended new preface! Ending (still) with: "Broad, powerful, carefully focused coalitions are still the only way that the democratic world can resist the influence of autocratic propaganda, and autocratic corruption".

Mensenrechtencollege: reders discrimineren door Aziatische zeelui minder te betalen

Wethouder gemeente Steenbergen en delegatieleider Arbeidsmigratie @vngemeenten.bsky.social: ‘Niet de arbeidsmigrant, maar de uitbuiting is het probleem’ www.zuidwestupdate.nl/nieuws/wetho...

From 1974–1986, Volkswagen ran a ranch in Brazil’s Amazon where workers were subjected to forced labor, violence, and slavery-like conditions. Decades later, a court may hold the company accountable—thanks to one priest who never stopped seeking justice. www.freedomunited.or...

This new article on @beyondslavery.bsky.social demonstrates how the UK National Referral Mechanism for victims of #humantrafficking does damage to their asylum claims. It's partly based on an excellent article we published in 2024 (this one antitraffickingreview.org/index.php/at...)

Nederland.....?! :-( Blijft verbazen; dat arbeidsethos waar menig land jaloers op kan zijn en tegelijkertijd de arbeid-uitbuiting van mensen welk met datzelfde ethos contrasteert. Het is triest genoeg ook niet iets nieuws. Het is een kwaadaardigheid van eeuwen, hoe mensen hun medemens uitbuiten.

Scoop by @nelloscavo.bsky.social (who also broke the story of Almasri's arrest in Italy) according to which a key figure in Rada' - the Tripoli militia that controls the city's Mitiga airport & prison - and close associate of Almasri has been arrested in Germany, possibly on an ICC arrest warrant.

Now also confirmed by the International Criminal Court's Office of the Prosecutor 👇 "The Office looks forward to Mr El Hishri’s transfer to the ICC in due course... This is an important moment. We can now look towards the first judicial proceedings in the Libya situation before the Court."

Well done @interpol.int on this operation, but it highlights the global scale of #humantrafficking bbc.com/news/article...

A human trafficking crackdown led to over 150 arrests and the identification of more than 1,000 victims. The six day operation, involved nearly 15,000 officers from 43 countries across Europe, Asia, Africa and South America. Trafficking victims originated from 64 countries. bbc.com/news/article...

Reading list to offer context for today’s environment: 1) Strongmen, Ruth Ben-Ghiat 2) Mafia States, Moises Naim 3) Autocracy, Inc., Anne Appelbaum 4) Tech Coup, Marietje Schaake 5) Corruptible, Brian Klaas 6) Dying of Whiteness, Jonathan Metzl

Russia has committed flagrant human rights abuses in Ukraine since 2014, rules ECHR www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Over the last 15 years, “the number of identified trafficking victims has tripled.” UNODC global report on human trafficking reveals that there’s “further increase in child trafficking.” It’s heartbreaking to know that “Children now account to almost 40% of all victims.” (1)

New revelations by journalists expose the criminalisation of human rights defenders & civil society, resulting from the unlawful transfer of personal data by Frontex to Europol. We call for full respect for fundamental rights and demand accountability from EU agencies www.lemonde.fr/en/les-decod...

'De chaos op het asieldossier is met deze amendementen compleet. Gemeenten moeten straks de ene wet overtreden om zich aan een andere wet te kunnen houden.' We roepen @tweede-kamer.bsky.social op tegen de asielwetten te stemmen. vng.nl/nieuws/asiel...

"Dit leidt tot een toename van de overlast en criminaliteit en tot een grotere kans om slachtoffer te worden van #mensenhandel of andere vormen van uitbuiting". Aldus de politie.

"Dit leidt tot een toename van de overlast en criminaliteit en tot een grotere kans om slachtoffer te worden van #mensenhandel of andere vormen van uitbuiting". Aldus de politie. Minister van Justitie zal uitvoering (="zijn Politie" en RvS tegen zich krijgen.

I had to read this twice to believe it...Meloni, who ran for office on an anti-immigration platform, has now announced plans to let in hundreds of thousands of immigrants, in order to deal with the Italian labor shortage www.reuters.com/world/italy-...

WODC: elk jaar maken 20 duizend Nederlandse mannen zich schuldig aan kindersekstoerisme

Herdenking slavernijverleden: 'Na de excuses moet er een vervolg komen'