Category: Modern Slavery Act

65 Percent of Illegal Immigrants Facing Deportation Claim to Be Modern Slavery Victims

May 5, 2023
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Most illegal immigrants arriving in the UK by small boats who were detained for removal have claimed they were victims of modern slavery, Home Office figures show. Such claims would delay the deportation until a decision is made on their modern slavery claims. According to data released by the Home Office on Thursday, in 2021,…

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Nigerian Politician Jailed in UK for 9 Years and 8 Months for ‘Despicable’ Organ Harvesting Attempt

May 5, 2023
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LONDON—A senior Nigerian politician, his wife, and a middleman have been jailed for bringing a young street trader from Lagos to London and trying to use one of his kidneys to save the life of the couple’s seriously ill daughter. Sen. Ike Ekweremadu, 60, was jailed for 9 years and 8 months, his wife Beatrice, 56,…

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More Than 50 Conservative MPs Demand Change to UK Modern Slavery Law

November 28, 2022
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More than 50 Conservative MPs have signed a letter to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak demanding emergency legislation be introduced to amend modern slavery laws which they say are being abused by illegal immigrants crossing the English Channel in small boats. The letter, organised by former Brexit secretary David Davis, said the English Channel crossings were…

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Terror Suspects Like Shamima Begum Could Exploit Modern Slavery Law, Says UK Watchdog

September 2, 2022
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The independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, Jonathan Hall QC, has said the definition of modern slavery in Britain is so broad that it is open to exploitation by terrorism suspects. Hall told The Times: “The definition and the way in which the law is applied is over broad.” He said he was concerned juveniles who were…

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3 People Who Forced Latvian to Work Off Fake Debt Face Jail Under UK’s Modern Slavery Act

August 25, 2022
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Three people in Wales face jail after being convicted of forcing a vulnerable Latvian immigrant to work off an ever-increasing “debt” that included a fictional sum to pay for the costs of Brexit. Normunds Freibergs, 40, Jacobus Stankevicius, 59, and his wife Ruta Stankeviciene, 57, were convicted at Newport Crown Court under Britain’s Modern Slavery…

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Former Immigration Minister Says Modern Slavery Law Is ‘Loophole’ for Illegal Immigrants

August 17, 2022
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A former immigration minister has said a law on modern slavery introduced by David Cameron’s government in 2015 has been used thousands of times by illegal immigrants to escape deportation. Chris Philp, who was immigration minister between September 2019 and September 2021, said the Modern Slavery Act had “inadvertently turned into one of the biggest…

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