July 25, 2025
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 the Survivor Futures project which looks at the risk of re-trafficking for domestic workers who return to their home countries.
As part of that project, on Sunday 20th July 2025, 10 members of Kalayaan’s Campaigning Group joined members of VODW in a letter-writing campaign event. The event was held at King’s College and hosted by Dr Ella Parry-Davies who led the group in creative and empowering warm ups. Sophie Levack from Kalayaan described the campaign for a visa regime that empowers migrant domestic workers and protects them from the risk of re-victimisation, and she explained the value and impact of a letter-writing campaign.
The participants wrote powerful letters to their MPs and presented these in creative ways through drawings, collages, and stencil work. Each letter was sent along with a explanatory document that gives additional context to the campaign and sets out a call to action for their support.
Kalayaan participants wrote to Apsana Begum, Rachel Blake, Dawn Butler, Ed Davey, Georgia Gould, Wera Hobhouse, Joe Powell and Emily Thornberry.
We look forward to hearing back from all of these MPs and helping them engage with domestic workers in their campaign for reform of the Overseas Domestic Worker visa.