Our Campaigns
Change the exploitative Overseas Domestic Worker Visa
The current six-month visa ties workers to exploitative employers and makes it impossible for workers to enforce their labour rights.
Kalayaan is calling for an Overseas Domestic Worker visa that is renewable. This would give exploited migrant domestic workers a real chance to change employer. We are also calling for the visa to be 12 months in duration and for an option to lead to settlement.
READ MORE:
Kalayaan’s report on the ODW visa
Details of the Border Security Bill Amendment 153
The Right to Work in the NRM
Kalayaan is calling for migrant domestic workers who have been referred into the NRM to have the right to work while they wait for their status as survivors of slavery and trafficking to be recognised.
Survivors without the right to work in the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) face declines in their mental and physical health, and risk being re-exploited due to financial pressure to support their families back home. Granting them the dignity of working will improve recovery and will contribute to the UK’s economy.
READ MORE:
Kalayaan’s series of reports on the right to work in the NRM
Details of the Border Security Bill Amendment 152