This is something which, if the government introduces this, will de facto legalize slavery again for domestic workers in this country. For example, removing the right for domestic workers to change employers. There's a number of measures which they are currently discussing. But I think this current government has demonstrated both that they're ill-informed about the problem and broadly disinterested in relation to resolving it. MCQUADE: I think Britain's record in terms of tackling slavery in the world is OK. The statement goes on to say, "These measures, along with improved victim care arrangements will ensure that all victims, adults and children, receive care tailored to their specific needs." It implies that they haven't had that support in the past. We will be adopting the EU directive on trafficking, and we are creating the National Crime Agency to further improve our response to this brutal crime."
"We have recently published a national human trafficking strategy. It reads, "The government is tackling human trafficking and building on our strong record in supporting victims, fighting traffickers, and stopping this horrible trade from happening. They declined, but they sent out this statement signed by the UK's immigration minister Damon Green. And so there is a compulsion upon people-running - particular in the black and gray economies in this part of the world, to reduce their costs as much as they can by using slavery, for example.įOSTER: Well, we did ask Britain's home office to join us on the issue. And there's a basic rule in all business which is, if you can reduce costs, you will increase profits. It's the thing that was making millions of dollars for people who are trafficking other human beings.įOSTER: Because it's all about money, at the end of the day, isn't it? And all of the money's in Western Europe and the U.S., for example? The rich economies. MCQUADE: I think unquestionably in terms of absolute numbers, we're talking about South Asia being the largest numbers of people in the world.īut if you look at the International Labor Organization analysis of the problem, slavery in Europe and in North America - while it's smaller numbers, it's the high-value slavery. It's just an appalling, appalling carnage upon people's lives and hopes.įOSTER: And in terms of the prevalence, are we right to say it's more or less prevalent in Western Europe, for example, than parts of Asia, where we've had lots of really horrific reporting? there's something like at least 12 million people enslaved in the world today. It is human beings doing this to other human beings and. But should we be shocked that it's going on? So, how big a problem is slavery in Europe? CNN's Max Foster talks to Anti-Slavery International's Aidan McQuade about the fight against modern-day slavery there and around the world.įOSTER: We keep hearing how shocked people are that it's happening in their country, and it's often in the Western hemisphere that we hear that shock. The men, from England and parts of Eastern Europe, are "all believed to be victims of slavery," police said. British authorities recently rescued 24 men that they said were kept as slaves – some for as long as 15 years.
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