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TAKE OFF THE BLINDFOLDand put a stop to modern day slavery!
Dr Mike Emberson
CEO Migrant Help
Who Are Migrant Help
●A charity established in 1963 by Helen Ellis MBE to help foreign nationals in distress in the UK
●Ports & docks & au pairs!●A project based organisation emerges –
Ugandan Asians, Bosnian evacuations and an Ostend office
●The Asylum Years●Where we are now – human trafficking
• Asylum Seekers (London, Kent and Sussex)• Refugees (London, Kent & Sussex, currently
bidding for a National contract)• Foreign National Prisoners (Kent and Essex)• Migrants (Kent & capacity building in South
East)• Non-EU Migrant Workers (Suffolk)• An Interpretation Service (200 interpreters, 120
languages, telephone & face to face across the UK)• Human Trafficking (Support services across
England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland)
What We Do
Work to Date
●Numbers by gender (484 since 4 June 2008)
●Type of Exploitation
●Nationalities Top Ten
●Nationalities other
Outcomes
Home Nations
Types of Help
●Support during Reflection Periods●Support to Law Enforcement Operations●International Work●Awareness Raising
Supporting Op Mockday in Glasgow
Op Mockday Accommodation
Training in Romania
Launch of NI Services
Op Cotswold Peterborough Recovering Victim’s Property
Staff teamOp Component
Practitioner’s Training Day
Labour & Domestic Servitude
•Domestic Servitude – personal servants and slaves
●Labour- agriculture, fisheries, meat processing factories, garment industry, packaging factories, retail, catering, car washes , construction industry
●Marijuana cultivation/security
•Organised petty crime – pirate CD/DVDS, shoplifting, mobile phone theft, pick pocketing, dog stealing
•Street Scene’ crime – begging, newspaper & Big Issue sales, ‘scouting’, squeegee work
•Identity theft - Benefit and tax credit fraud
•Money laundering – multiple bank accounts
•Sham marriages - bride slavery
Op Panreth - Hertfordshire not the stolen dogs!
Challenges
●Assessing the size, scope & extent of the problem
●Identifying victims●Getting victims to cooperate●Securing convictions●Resources!
How Can You Help?
Keep your eyes open & report using confidential numbers if necessary
Form Community Action Teams – work with PSNI
Political campaigning
Raise awareness raising
Targeted purchases & boycotts
Social Network sites
Donate!
Prayer
For further advice or to discuss future operations please contact Ms Charlotte Kirkwood
07789171963
Trafficking Services Coordinator
Migrant Help
