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    Giving Voice to the Invisible: London Assembly Demands Restoration of Domestic Worker Rights

    At the London Assembly plenary session on 4 December 2025, Members spoke with conviction about the urgent need to restore the original protections

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  • Recruitment

    We are hiring!

    Kalayaan is recruiting for an Immigration Lawyer to join our legal team.

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  • News

    Migrant domestic worker Joy* wins Anti-Slavery Day 2025 award for her opinion piece in the Metro marking 13 years of the harmful Overseas Domestic Worker visa

    "For too long, domestic workers like me have been silenced, invisible behind closed doors."

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  • Campaign

    Workers write to MPs to demand their protection against re-trafficking

    Members of Kalayaan's Campaign Group reach out to their MPs for reform of the Overseas Domestic Worker visa

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Our Services

IMMIGRATION & EMPLOYMENT ADVICE
ENGLISH CLASSES
ANTI TRAFFICKING WORK
CAMPAIGN &
POLICY WORK

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CASE STUDY 1: TRAFFICKED

Regina’ (not her real name) was brought to the UK by an employer to work in their private household…

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Latest News / See all news

Giving Voice to the Invisible: London Assembly Demands…

For thousands of migrant domestic workers in London, exploitation often occurs behind closed doors, with victims is…

Read here

Dreams of Freedom: Kalayaan event to mark Anti-Slavery…

By Xuen Lin (Volunteer Policy Assistant) On 18 October 2025, Kalayaan marked Anti-Slavery Day with a joyful communi…

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Kalayaan clients write to their MPs calling for visa re…

Kalayaan has been collaborating with King’s College London, The Voice of Domestic Workers (VODW) and After Exploi…

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20 Members of the House of Lords continue to press the…

  Currently, thousand of survivors wait years in the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) for a Conclusive Ground…

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Members of the House of Lords ask the Home Secretary to…

  On Friday 14 February 2025, 11 peers in the House of Lords sent a joint letter to...

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Ready, Willing & Able: Series of reports published…

  Kalayaan has published the last of five ‘mini reports’ on the right to work in the National...

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Ready, Willing and Able: Latest report sets out how acc…

  Kalayaan has published the fourth of five ‘mini reports’ on the right to work in the National...

Read here

Ready, Willing and Able: Latest report sets out how acc…

  Kalayaan has published the third of five ‘mini reports’ on the right to work in the National...

Read here

Latest News / See all news

Giving Voice to the Invisible: London Assembly Demands…

For thousands of migrant domestic workers in London, exploitation often occurs behind closed doors, with victims is…

Read here

Dreams of Freedom: Kalayaan event to mark Anti-Slavery…

By Xuen Lin (Volunteer Policy Assistant) On 18 October 2025, Kalayaan marked Anti-Slavery Day with a joyful communi…

Read here

Kalayaan clients write to their MPs calling for visa re…

Kalayaan has been collaborating with King’s College London, The Voice of Domestic Workers (VODW) and After Exploi…

Read here

20 Members of the House of Lords continue to press the…

  Currently, thousand of survivors wait years in the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) for a Conclusive Ground…

Read here

Members of the House of Lords ask the Home Secretary to…

  On Friday 14 February 2025, 11 peers in the House of Lords sent a joint letter to...

Read here

Ready, Willing & Able: Series of reports published…

  Kalayaan has published the last of five ‘mini reports’ on the right to work in the National...

Read here

Ready, Willing and Able: Latest report sets out how acc…

  Kalayaan has published the fourth of five ‘mini reports’ on the right to work in the National...

Read here

Ready, Willing and Able: Latest report sets out how acc…

  Kalayaan has published the third of five ‘mini reports’ on the right to work in the National...

Read here

Comments About Our Work

‘Kalayaan have combined both this professional service with campaigning and influencing public policy, and for that reason, Kalayaan is a very very good winner.’

The Guardian Charity Awards 2010

Stuart Etherington
Chief Executive, NCVO

Campaigns / See all campaigns

Giving Voice to the Invisible: London Assembly Demands Restoration of Domestic Worker Rights

For thousands of migrant domestic workers in London, exploitation often occurs behind closed doors, with victims isolated by…

Read here

Kalayaan clients write to their MPs calling for visa reform to protect domestic workers from re-trafficking

Kalayaan has been collaborating with King’s College London, The Voice of Domestic Workers (VODW) and After Exploitation on…

Read here

20 Members of the House of Lords continue to press the Home Office over the right to work for survivors of trafficking

  Currently, thousand of survivors wait years in the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) for a Conclusive Grounds decision…

Read here

Campaigns / See all campaigns

Giving Voice to the Invisible: London Assembly Demands Restoration of Domestic Worker Rights

For thousands of migrant domestic workers in London, exploitation often occurs behind closed doors, with victims isolated by…

Read here

Kalayaan clients write to their MPs calling for visa reform to protect domestic workers from re-trafficking

Kalayaan has been collaborating with King’s College London, The Voice of Domestic Workers (VODW) and After Exploitation on…

Read here

20 Members of the House of Lords continue to press the Home Office over the right to work for survivors of trafficking

  Currently, thousand of survivors wait years in the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) for a Conclusive Grounds decision…

Read here