A new pilot campaign has launched to help tackle modern slavery in the UK.
It focuses on helping those trapped in domestic slavery, a form of modern slavery where victims are often kept against their will to carry out exhausting tasks including cooking, cleaning and childcare for 10 to 16-hours-a-day with no pay.
The practice is often, but not always, linked to child fostering, with young people being promised a “better life”. This may involve better pay or access to education in return for working as a “househelp” for a family with links to their own.
However, when the relationship is taken advantage of, young people can end up isolated from their families, working exhausting hours for little or no pay without access to education or healthcare and facing daily abuse.
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