***From our Home Affairs Editor, Charles Hymas:***
‘Theresa May’s modern slavery law has become one of the biggest loopholes allowing illegal migrants to escape deportation, a former immigration minister has said.
Writing for The Telegraph, Chris Philp said the Modern Slavery Act – introduced in 2015 – was being exploited by human rights lawyers to keep illegal migrants and foreign murderers and rapists in the UK.
Mr Philp said that, while immigration minister from 2019 to 2021, he had witnessed Channel migrants denying they were victims of slavery only to change their story to avoid deportation after speaking to lawyers.
He called for a tightening of the law, saying it currently allowed “absurdly low levels” of proof of slavery and “no supporting evidence”.
Mr Philp said the problems stemmed from the UK’s “incredibly naive” application of a Council of Europe treaty to combat modern slavery. While France and Germany had applied a tighter definition of slavery claims, Britain was more lax – meaning it had 10 times the annual 1,000 to 2,000 claims of the two EU countries.’
Modern Slavery, or living in the UK as we sometimes call it.
If they say people aren’t carrying proof of escaping slavery then how do they know they’re exploiting such a loophole?
Do they have proof that they’re lying? I suspect not. It’s just blame the migrants for the problems the UK is facing.
How does someone prove they’ve escaped slavery in the government’s eyes?
I think the sub might need a “no self-promotion posts by media outlets” rule, like a lot of subreddits haVe, to prevent The Telegraph spamming up the place with their own articles and other papers/channels/sites then following suit.
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***From our Home Affairs Editor, Charles Hymas:***
‘Theresa May’s modern slavery law has become one of the biggest loopholes allowing illegal migrants to escape deportation, a former immigration minister has said.
Writing for The Telegraph, Chris Philp said the Modern Slavery Act – introduced in 2015 – was being exploited by human rights lawyers to keep illegal migrants and foreign murderers and rapists in the UK.
Mr Philp said that, while immigration minister from 2019 to 2021, he had witnessed Channel migrants denying they were victims of slavery only to change their story to avoid deportation after speaking to lawyers.
He called for a tightening of the law, saying it currently allowed “absurdly low levels” of proof of slavery and “no supporting evidence”.
Mr Philp said the problems stemmed from the UK’s “incredibly naive” application of a Council of Europe treaty to combat modern slavery. While France and Germany had applied a tighter definition of slavery claims, Britain was more lax – meaning it had 10 times the annual 1,000 to 2,000 claims of the two EU countries.’
**Read more for free:** [**https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/08/16/modern-slavery-law-biggest-loophole-migrants/**](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/08/16/modern-slavery-law-biggest-loophole-migrants/)
Modern Slavery, or living in the UK as we sometimes call it.
If they say people aren’t carrying proof of escaping slavery then how do they know they’re exploiting such a loophole?
Do they have proof that they’re lying? I suspect not. It’s just blame the migrants for the problems the UK is facing.
How does someone prove they’ve escaped slavery in the government’s eyes?
I think the sub might need a “no self-promotion posts by media outlets” rule, like a lot of subreddits haVe, to prevent The Telegraph spamming up the place with their own articles and other papers/channels/sites then following suit.