HomepageEventsPandemic exacerbates agricultural trafficking in U.S Pandemic exacerbates agricultural trafficking in U.S Posted on October 3, 2021 October 3, 2021 News Digest OUR CAMPAIGN ISSUES IN THE NEWS Forced laborTrafficking in U.S. agriculture worsened over the pandemicMigrant workers traveling to the U.S. under temporary agricultural visas are at risk of forced labor. Traffickers are able to exploit the fact that workers’ right to be in the country is directly tied to their employment. Freedom United is urgently calling on California to implement better protections for all temporary migrant workers. Read more…Sign the petitionHuman traffickingU.K. fast-track deportation plans impacting trafficking survivorsU.K. authorities detained over 100 potential trafficking survivors with plans to deport them to Vietnam through a fast-track system reserved for asylum claims with “no merit”. This system should not be used for potential trafficking survivors according to the interior ministry’s own guidance. Freedom United is calling on all states to stop detaining survivors in prison-like settings. Read more…Sign the petitionTOP NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLDPrison slaveryHow recruiting incarcerated people to fill labor shortages can be exploitativeIn an opinion piece this week, Professor of Human Rights and Labour Law at UCL University, Virginia Mantouvalou, analyzes how proposals to recruit incarcerated people to fill labor shortages in the U.K. feeds in to an inherently exploitative system of coerced labor in prisons. Read more…Explore resources page LEAVE A RESPONSE Cancel replyYour email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment * Name * Email * Website Post navigation Previous PostElders manage pandemic travel – BASIL SPRINGER COLUMN (September 27, 2021) Next PostCayman Premier offers aid, sympathies to Bonacca
