Immigration Solicitors

Thursday 30 July is the annual World Day Against Trafficking in Persons in support of the United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund for Victims of Trafficking in Persons.

The campaign this year is asking social media users to photograph themselves making the shape of a heart with their hands and upload it to social media. Details of how social media users can join in are online at http://www.unodc.org/endht/.

The campaign coincides with a speech by David Cameron in Indonesia, who called on UK businesses to make sure that employees were not victims of trafficking and their supply chain did not involve modern slavery.

The UK government has increased Border Force patrols at UK ports and major airports to detect victims of human trafficking before they are trafficked out of the UK to other countries, including children, young women and men who may be forced into the sex industry and bonded labour.

Many people trafficked have been promised good jobs or a chance of education by traffickers, but disappear into a new country to work in low-paid, unregulated jobs or in the sex industry.

In Britain, the Modern Slavery Act comes into force on Friday (31/07/15), under which gangmasters and those who traffic people into the UK to work in bonded labour can be prosecuted.

Companies in the UK with a turnover of £36m or over will also have to show that their supply chain and workforce are free from modern slavery and workers who have been trafficked.

Duncan Lewis Immigration Lawyers
Duncan Lewis immigration lawyers can advise EU migrants and migrants from outside the EU on a wide range of immigration law, including illegal entry to the UK, asylum in the UK and asylum appeals, right to work in the UK and student visas.

There are Duncan Lewis offices nationwide – and the Duncan Lewis Emergency Hotline is available 24/7 with an accredited immigration lawyer available to advise on immigration matters.

For expert help with UK immigration law, call Duncan Lewis immigration lawyers on 020 7923 4020.

For 24/7 help at a police station or detention centre, call the Duncan Lewis Emergency Hotline on 020 7275 2036.