• PLoS medicine · Sep 2023

    Modern slavery in the United Kingdom: The illegal migration act risks undermining efforts to combat exploitation.

    • Sian Oram.
    • Section of Women's Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
    • PLoS Med. 2023 Sep 1; 20 (9): e1004279e1004279.

    AbstractThe Illegal Migration Act, which recently passed through the United Kingdom (UK) parliament, poses a serious threat to the well-being of victims of modern slavery and efforts to combat exploitation. The Act gives the UK Government greater powers to deny support and allow the detention and deportation of potential victims and has been widely criticised, including by medical associations and charities. Measures included in the Act risk perpetuating the deprivation of safety, dignity, and medical care experienced by victims, instead of providing the protections to which they should be entitled.Copyright: © 2023 Sian Oram. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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