Detecting and tackling forced labour in Europe
- Document number
- 3115
- Date
- June 2013
- Title
- Detecting and tackling forced labour in Europe
- Author/publisher
- Nick Clark
- Availability
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- Document type(s)
- Guidelines/Recommendations, Research/Study/Analysis,
- Keywords
- forced labour, Europe, media, workers, migrants, immigration, immigrants, exploitation, labour, UK
- Summary
Based on studies in nine European countries, this report considers how those exposed to forced labour are supported across Europe.
The study looks at a number of aspects of forced labour:
• evidence for its presence;
• the way in which it is treated by national and international law;
• how it is perceived and understood by authorities, media and public;
• its relationship with trafficking and the problems this presents;
• how and where it is detected;
• government, regulators and civil society responses to it;
• the provision of support to those exposed to it;
• how affected workers themselves respond.It draws conclusions about the manner in which forced labour is understood and approached in Europe, and how this can guide responses in the UK.