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Pandemic creating “vast reservoirs” of trafficking victims
Cardinal warns that COVID-19 has led to distress and poverty – something traffickers are exploiting.
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Cardinal: Pandemic and Environmental change increase Human Trafficking
Cardinal speaks at re-launch of the Bakhita Centre for Research on Slavery, Exploitation and Abuse at St Mary’s University.
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How the pandemic has changed the fight against human trafficking
The pandemic has highlighted the need for better management and monitoring of seasonal agricultural workers.
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Survivor well-being key priority of Santa Marta Group
Kevin Hyland’s keynote for Caritas India’s webinar on the ‘Impact of Covid-19 on Trafficking in Persons’.
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Santa Marta Group backs Crimestoppers campaign to combat Modern Slavery
Cardinal Vincent Nichols, President of the Santa Marta Group, has added his voice to the Crimestoppers’ #SlaveryonYourDoorstep campaign.
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Workers protecting communities during COVID-19 are at increased risk of exploitation
Senior Adviser to the Santa Marta Group gave an update on modern slavery in context with the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Letter to the UN on sexually exploited persons and COVID-19
Organisations fighting trafficking have written to the UN Secretary-General to ask that sex trafficked, prostituted and sexually exploited persons are included in its response to COVID-19.
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Seasonal Agricultural Workers Seminars
Seasonal agricultural workers can fall victim to human trafficking and modern slavery. Kent is an area where some workers face tough conditions. The Santa Marta Group has organised two events in the county.
Pandemic creating “vast reservoirs” of trafficking victims
Cardinal Vincent Nichols, preaching in Westminster Cathedral at a Mass for the Feast of St Josephine Bakhita, warns that the COVID-19 pandemic has created an order of people in dis...
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Cardinal: Pandemic and Environmental change increase Human Trafficking
Launch of the Bakhita Centre for Research on Slavery, Exploitation and Abuse at St Mary’s University Cardinal Vincent Nichols, president of both the Bishops’ Conference...
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How the pandemic has changed the fight against human trafficking
by Fr Mark Ehichioya Odion MSP, Bishop Patrick Lynch SSCC The UN Special Rapporteurs on migration and trafficking in persons issued a statement warning that victims of human tra...
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Charities fear rise in modern slavery as UK lockdown eases https://www.euronews.com/2020/06/04/charities-fear-rise-in-modern-slavery-as-uk-lockdown-eases @Hestia1970 @SophieHayesFndn @PassageCharity @santamartagroup
Pope: “Liberate victims, rehabilitate the excluded and unmask the traffickers”
Pope Francis has sent a message to the law enforcement professionals, Catholic Church leaders, religious sisters and those working to eradicate modern forms of slavery.
Police and Church partner to combat Human Trafficking at London Conference
Police chiefs and Church representatives from across the world gathered in London alongside Home Office ministers for a Conference aimed at developing strategies to combat human trafficking. The guiding principle of the Santa Marta Group is always to… Read More
Conference Audio: Dec 2014
Police chiefs, bishops and members of government gathered for the Santa Marta Group conference on human trafficking and modern slavery at Lancaster House, London from 5 – 6 December 2014. Here you can listen to our playlist covering… Read More