FLEX, Voice of Domestic Workers and CAS Analytics have launched a participatory research project exploring how reporting can be made safer and fairer for migrant workers in the UK’s domestic work and ...

Home Office concedes skilled workers abused by sponsors can change employer and complete visa term

Home Office concedes skilled workers abused by sponsors can change employer and complete visa term

Learn how Australia's Workplace Justice Visa protects exploited migrant workers and what lessons the UK can take to improve labour rights.

Migrant fisher visa call grows amid exploitation concerns as UK groups urge action on fishing labour rights and reform

This joint letter was issued to the Home Secretary as a follow up to a joint letter sent in November 2024 to raise concerns about the serious human rights abuses experienced by many migrant workers in...

New FLEX briefing examines structural issues and solutions for the UK’s high-risk construction sector If the UK is to meet its housebuilding goals, hundreds of thousands more workers will be needed in...

This joint letter was issued to the Home Secretary as a follow up to a join letter sent in November 2024 to raise concerns about the serious human rights abuses experienced by many migrant workers in ...

Fish+ in a Good Food Nation: Livelihoods at Sea – Zoom, Fri 7 Aug 2026 - Aquatic foods (or fish+ as we like to call them) often get left out of food systems policy and practice. This masks the opportu...

A fishing visa would provide a lawful route for recruitment and ensure that fishers have access to the rights afforded to other workers in the UK.

The new Immigration and Asylum Bill will damage modern slavery protections The Immigration and Asylum Bill will significantly weaken the UK’s response to trafficking and modern slavery. It will deny p...

New safe and legal refugee routes, alongside reforms to human rights and modern slavery laws, to prevent abuse of the asylum system.

Refugee charities fear controversial changes, including on forced removals and age checks, are being rushed through

Image by Detmold from Pixabay 1. Introduction Over the last three decades, the UK fishing industry has faced a steady decline in full-time, domestic fishers – a trend largely attributed to the diff…

Current vacancies: Communications Officer Job title: Communications OfficerLocation: FLEX office, Vauxhall, London – currently operating flexible hybrid working with a mixture of in-person and remote ...

Join us and learn directly from people with experience of living under the current visa rules for overseas domestic workers in the UK. With the help of the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner, we’ll...

The migrant fishermen who waited nine years to give evidence about the company that exploited them.

Access to legal representation for people held in immigration detention has reached the lowest level ever recorded.

The boat skipper Tom Nicholson Jr pled guilty at Hamilton Sheriff Court to an offence under maritime health and safety regulations.

From politicians to the media, there is a prevailing narrative that migrants with irregular status have chosen to commit some personal, even moral, failure.

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Cornerstone of the UK’s Employment Rights Act ‘in danger of becoming a dead duck’, says Unite boss

We tackle poverty and inequality in London

The UK government has promised that the Employment Rights Act (ERA) would bring about the biggest upgrade to workers rights in a generation. It has also introduced the Fair Work Agency (FWA), a unifie...

Most migrant workers will have to wait longer to qualify for permanent residence under the government's proposals.