January 7, 2025
Ready, Willing & Able: Series of reports published making the case to grant all survivors in the NRM the right to work, with just a simple change in policy
Kalayaan has published the last 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 5: The Solution” sets out the simple and cost-free way the UK Government can grant the right to work to all survivors in the NRM by changing policy.
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.
The previous reports in this series set out the current ‘state of play’ for survivors in the NRM without the right to work, make the case for the economic benefits to be gained, show how working will enable survivors to recover, and highlight how having the right to work would reduce the risk of re-exploitation: