News
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Members of the House of Lords ask the Home Secretary to grant the right to work for all in the NRM
On Friday 14 February 2025, 11 peers in the House of Lords sent a joint letter to…
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…
Ready, Willing and Able: Latest report sets out how access to work prevents re-exploitation
Kalayaan has published the fourth of five ‘mini reports’ on the right to work in the National…
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…
Ready, Willing and Able: Latest report sets out economic benefits to letting survivors in the NRM have access to work
Kalayaan has published the second of five ‘mini reports’ on the right to work in the National Referral…
New report sets out why all slavery survivors must have the right to work in the National Referral Mechanism
Today, Kalayaan has published the first of five ‘mini reports’ on the right to work in the…
Kalayaan celebrates Campaigning Group’s work in 2024 Showcase
In the week before Anti-Slavery Day, on 11 October 2024, Kalayaan held a Showcase Event to highlight…
Kalayaan takes campaign message direct to parliamentarians: the time for change is now
Earlier this month our Policy Officer Avril visited Brighton and Liverpool to participate in the Liberal Democrats…
Campaigns
Kalayaan’s campaign and policy work is focused on reinstating the basic rights of migrant domestic workers which were removed in April 2012, tying domestic workers who have entered since this date to their employers. This makes it impossible in practise for migrant domestic workers to assert any rights as, without the right to resign or to leave their employment, they have no bargaining power at all in what is already a vastly unequal employment relationship.
Abuse reported to Kalayaan by workers who have registered with us since April 2012 make it clear that the removal of the rights to change employer not only destroys the chances of migrant domestic workers to access justice once they have escaped abuse. The fact that workers are tied to their employer with no option to leave also results in a worsening of treatment in employment, particularly in restrictions of freedoms.
Members of the House of Lords ask the Home Secretary to grant the right to work for all in the NRM
On Friday 14 February 2025, 11 peers in the House of Lords sent a joint letter to…
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…
Ready, Willing and Able: Latest report sets out how access to work prevents re-exploitation
Kalayaan has published the fourth of five ‘mini reports’ on the right to work in the National…
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…
Ready, Willing and Able: Latest report sets out economic benefits to letting survivors in the NRM have access to work
Kalayaan has published the second of five ‘mini reports’ on the right to work in the National Referral…
New report sets out why all slavery survivors must have the right to work in the National Referral Mechanism
Today, Kalayaan has published the first of five ‘mini reports’ on the right to work in the…
Kalayaan celebrates Campaigning Group’s work in 2024 Showcase
In the week before Anti-Slavery Day, on 11 October 2024, Kalayaan held a Showcase Event to highlight…
Kalayaan takes campaign message direct to parliamentarians: the time for change is now
Earlier this month our Policy Officer Avril visited Brighton and Liverpool to participate in the Liberal Democrats…
We, Domestic Workers: A Zine By Kalayaan’s Campaigning Group
Read We, Domestic Workers, a Zine produced by Kalayaan’s Campaigning Group. The Zine contains the work of…
Kalayaan and non-statutory First Responders call for Government action
Kalayaan and many non-statutory First Responders have signed a joint statement asking for the Home Office to…
Case Study 1: Trafficked
‘Regina’ (not her real name) was brought to the UK by an employer to work in their private…
Case Study 2: Escaped But Failed
Mira (names and identifying features have been changed) ‘Mira’ was waiting outside Kalayaan in tears with a small…
Case Study 3: Domestic Servitude
KALAYAAN case id: 3294 Susi (name and identifying details have been changed) came to the UK from Qatar…
Case Study 4: No Justice
Kalayaan client ID 3465 Case Study ‘Rupa’ (name and identifying details have been changed) Rupa arrived at Kalayaan…
Case Study 5: Rights, Justice and Rebuilding Lives
Sara- original ODW visa case study Sara, an Indian national, was bought to the UK from Kuwait…
I was tricked into slavery and forced t…
For too long, domestic workers like me have been silenced, invisible behind closed doors
…UK immigration policy is stuck in a race…
The new bill fails to scrap measures that were introduced back in 2022 and 2023. Many surviv…
Starmer union ally joins opposition to r…
148 signatories, including Kalayaan, write to the Government saying the home secretary’s p…