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...

Thank you for supporting our team in fundraising for the 2026 London Legal Walk. We will be walking on Tuesday 9th June to give life-changing legal advice to survivors of exploitation and domestic ser

Thank you for supporting our team in fundraising for the 2026 London Legal Walk. We will be walking on Tuesday 9th June to give life-changing legal advice to survivors of exploitation and domestic ser

Kalayaan is a small London based charity which works to provide practical advice and support to, as well as campaign with and for, the rights of migrant domestic workers in the UK.

On April 6, 2012, the government changed visa rules for overseas domestic workers, which tied them to specific employers and increased the risks of abuse. Eleanor Lyons, the independent anti-slavery c...

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Author Andrew Atherstone, Maria Dik and Reverend Nicol Kinrade.

Since 2012, the UK has been operating a visa system which places thousands of domestic workers at risk of abuse and exploitation behind the doors of some of the country’s most affluent households.

Unpaid wages, 20-hour days, screaming abuse — Hannah Wallace investigates the grim reality for migrant domestic workers, helpless inside the city’s grandest addresses

22 January 2026 Our client, a Filipino domestic worker subjected to modern slavery by a diplomat in London, has secured a landmark judgment against the United Arab Emirates. This is believed to be the...

Kalayaan is a small London based charity which works to provide practical advice and support to, as well as campaign with and for, the rights of migrant domestic workers in the UK.

In recognition of Anti-Slavery Day on the 18th October we have released a new six-part podcast series - Reclaiming Resistance This series centres the voices and experiences of Black and minoritised mi...