Modern slavery can take many forms including the trafficking of people, forced labour, servitude and slavery. Recent statistics show that 47% of all potential victims who cite the UK as the location of exploitation, were trafficked into forced labour. Traffickers and illegal/ unlicensed gangmasters target a range of industries including those involved in fisheries.
The Fishing industry and the people it employs landed £775 million worth of fish into the UK and abroad in 2015. Over 12,000 fishermen were active in the UK. 4 cases of modern slavery in the UK’s fishing industry were identified in 2016. While the numbers coming to light are small, slavery’s hidden nature means actual numbers are likely to be much higher. While the vast majority of captains/skippers will be recruiting fisherman legitimately, some could find themselves targeted by unscrupulous gangmasters who may be offering a ready supply of labour at knocked down rates or getting cheap labour from ships in international waters.
The breakdown of the social contract is exposed in the 2020 ITUC Global Rights Index with violations of workers’ rights at a seven-year high. The trends by governments and employers to restrict the rights of workers through violations of collecti...Read More
Project Objective and Long-Term Outcomes The project aims to promote the effective engagement by workers and CSOs with the government and employers to improve enforcement of labor laws, by attaining the following Long-Term Outcomes (LTO): ...Read More
The data in this report represents signals and cases from January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017 and is accurate as of July 11, 2018. Cases of trafficking may be ongoing or new information may be revealed to the National Hotline over time. Conseq...Read More
This web page collects a number of different infographics developed by the Global March against Child Labour on the topic of child labour, that can be used for a variety of purposes including raising awareness of consumers. The infogra...Read More
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