November 26, 2024

Ready, Willing and Able: Latest report sets out how access to work facilitates recovery for slavery survivors

 

Kalayaan has published the third of five ‘mini reports’ on the right to work in the National Referral Mechanism (NRM). The series of reports highlights the benefits to be gained by the UK and survivors of human trafficking and modern slavery if every adult in the NRM was granted the right to work.

“Report 3: Enabling Recovery” shows how being allowed to work would facilitate recovery and diminish the health and mental health issues of potential victims in the NRM.

Kalayaan’s Sophie Levack drafted this series of reports with Caroline Lewis of Saltworks Law. They have addressed this series of reports to MPs and urge the Government to make a small change in policy to allow this work force to contribute to the UK economy and use work to help them recover from their previous exploitation.