@Unseelie I think it’s important to make a distinction between the Albanian organised crime gangs, and the victims they traffic to the UK to work in slavery conditions. Men and boys are trafficked/smuggled here to work in cannabis farms and similar in slavery conditions, and girls and women to work in forced prostitution.
Unfortunately the UK’s anti slavery protections are so weak that’s it’s open season for any crime gangs wanting to be here, meaning more victims will be trafficked here.
Anybody wanting a reduction in numbers should write to their Tory mp asking for the anti slavery commissioner to be reinstated (we haven’t had one for 7 months, and she was critical of the government’s weak response to stopping organised crime gangs who used modern slavery, and lack of support for victims.) and for the government to take the recommendations of the anti slavery commissioner on board.
If you think modern slavery may be happening at a business or house, you can report it anonymously to Crimestopprrs here
crimestoppers-uk.org/keeping-safe/community-family/modern-slavery
The Home Office also moved the modern slavery brief away from the minister responsible for safeguarding and made it an immigration issue, in an attempt to punish asylum seekers whose claimed to have been trafficked. However, the group with the most trafficking referrals in the UK are actually British children, whose cases now risk not being correctly dealt with. They are directly left at risk because of this decision.
And this is why the dialogue can’t just be “get rid of the illegals/they’re all criminals”. Because the policies that the government are putting in place to deal with asylum seekers directly affect British communities, and British people, including children.
And none of us should be ok with that.