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The FLEX Worker-Centred Model is a way of doing due diligence checks for human rights and worker wellbeing in service supply chains. When we tested it in practice with UK businesses, workers saw the following results:

Due diligence that relies on policies and audits will never be enough. Companies must have worker engagement at the heart of their processes. Read how the FLEX Worker-Centred model works here: labourexploitation.org/news/built-wit…

The FLEX Worker-Centred Model is a way of doing due diligence checks for human rights and worker wellbeing in service supply chains. When we tested it in practice with UK businesses, workers saw the following results:

Migrant fishers already face high risks of poor conditions and exploitation. And yet, government reforms mean that by December, migrant fishers will be thrown into even greater risk. Read about how we navigate this oncoming storm: ethicaltrade.org/resources/blog…

Read our briefing to understand more: labourexploitation.org/publications/u… #IWD2026

It is on us to ensure that these women's experiences are not isolated, but understood and addressed at the highest levels. For labour market enforcement on the route to be accessible to women workers in practice, we've outlined key principles for the Fair Work Agency to follow:

Last year, FLEX published Uneven Fields, a briefing on women on the Seasonal Worker Scheme. Risks of labour exploitation, from debt bondage to unsafe living conditions, can be heightened by gendered dynamics for women workers on the scheme. #IWD2026

@Medical_Justice @ATLEUnit @AVIDdetention @BIDdetention @DetentionAction @DuncanLewis @ECPAT @GatDetainees @HelenBamber @JesuitRefugee @lawrsuk @SnowdropProject @UnseenUK After Exploitation; Anti-Slavery International; Beyond Detention; Hibiscus

The Detention Taskforce's new briefing, "Barriers to Disclosure", looks at the experiences of trafficking survivors' going through the immigration system. Rather than blaming victims, we must address the barriers to disclosure. Read the briefing: labourexploitation.org/publications/b…

Some in Government insist that modern slavery claims are being used to get in the way of deportation attempts. This narrative misses that in fact, claims of experiencing modern slavery are met with huge barriers in immigration detention.

At the same time as UK announces it will join military attacks on Iran forcing more people to seek safety. #RefugeesWelcome #HandsoffIran

People have enough of this cruelty 😡😡😡

These changes will make it harder for people to plan for the future, who become ill or pregnant, or to feel safe. This is not just failing people seeking safety through no fault of their own; it will drive risks of exploitation and further entrench a tiered workforce in the UK.

It is well evidenced that short-term immigration status makes it harder to secure work and to challenge poor conditions of work. For more on that, read our Blueprint for safer and fairer migration for low-paid work: labourexploitation.org/publications/b…

Today's announcement that, after today, people seeking asylum in the UK will be kept in long-term limbo creates unreasonable hurdles against integration and recovery for people who have already lost so much. theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/m…

Migrant domestic workers have faced tough conditions and worsening support from successive governments. The Fair Work Agency has a chance to turn that around. In a briefing for the FWA made alongside @thevoiceofdws, we detail what domestic workers need: labourexploitation.org/publications/h…

Read the blog: labourexploitation.org/news/from-phil…

In a guest blog, Kookie Gutierrez reflects on the challenges faced when engaging with Filipino migrant fishers and their experiences on UK vessels. These difficulties might be hard to overcome, but present the very reason why this work is so important.