⚠️URGENT PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT⚠️
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. Survivors of trafficking cannot access the NRM, the **ONE & ONLY SYSTEM** the UK has to safeguard and support them. The @ukhomeoffice must act NOW. Our announcement on our website sets out how. Please RT.
https://t.co/E8dS9vQSwr
I’ll be talking about what makes migrant domestic workers vulnerable to abuse & what needs to change to keep them safe & protected at work. Ultimately it’s a power imbalance, one that is heavily in favour of employers & needs to be recalibrated. So let’s dive in… @kalayaan
Domestic work is WORK. It’s a hard & demanding job. You are on your feet for hours cleaning and cooking, looking after children, taking care of the elderly & other tasks around the house. It’s often viewed as low skilled but is just low paid & undervalued @kalayaan
Momentum around this petition from @thevoiceofdws and supported by @Kalayaan is mounting! Please sign and share. Domestic workers need the option to extend their visas beyond the initial six months, in order to have a genuine ability to leave situations of abuse and exploitation
We’ve teamed up with a group of doctors, artists, designers, film & television industry figures, IT developers & more to help co-ordinate efforts to source, manufacture & distribute alternative&additional #PPE to healthcare/key-workers & their employers during #COVIDー19 pandemic
"There are legal structures that make workers vulnerable to exploitation. So why not change those as well"
Prof @vmantouvalou, Prof of Human Rights & Labour Law @ UCL Laws, spoke to @RKWinvisibleman on issues facing domestic workers abused by employers https://t.co/9Jr9YaRyva
First up we hear from Avril Sharp, Kalayaan’s Policy Officer who tells us the origins of the report: a migrant domestic #worker in the #NRM questioned why she couldn’t work. ‘I have hands and feet, I can move, I can work, why is the government stopping me?
It’s almost here - next Monday join us @UCLLaws to help us launch 🚀 our report and campaign #Dignitynotdestitution Looking forward to hearing directly from #workers & how they can be better supported in their recovery from abuse & exploitation
https://t.co/18t0ntnM0o
Next Monday join us for an important discussion: how can we support migrant domestic #workers to recover from abuse and exploitation?
Clue: the answer is in the hashtag
#letworkerswork#dignitynotdestitution
Excited to be joined by amazing panel too!
https://t.co/18t0ntnM0o
I’ve seen several tweets comparing this to Nazis / The Holocaust and saying things like “this is how it begins”. I teach Holocaust Literature so let me be clear - this ISN’T how it began. This is already several stages along the way.
#NeverAgainIsNow https://t.co/HaYTrVyOGr
Join us at @UCLLaws on 10 February for a conversation about how best to support migrant domestic workers in their recovery from abuse and exploitation, details in the tweet below 👇🏼 excited to be joined by an excellent panel of speakers!!
#letworkerswork#dignitynotdestitution
This is amazing news. The £1k+ fees for citizenship held back so many children and young people from being formally recognised as British. This ruling will allow so many people to obtain the documents they need to move forward with their lives. Well done to all those involved!
Domestic worker w/out the right to work in the NRM for 3 years, made in time application for leave to remain under #ModernSlaveryAct FINALLY has her app decided a YEAR later. Last 12m she has been destitute and struggling to survive #letworkerswork#dignitynotdestitution#success
🎄🎄Can *YOU* help us? 🎄🎄
Every year Kalayaan holds a party for #migrantdomesticworkers to come together & party to celebrate the festive season! We are without a tree this year & are looking for donations for one, lights, gifts, food & drink. Pls get in touch if you can help!
Our open letter to Immigration Minister @SeemaKennedy calling for reform is co-signed by 20+ individuals, charities and coalitions calling for a change in policy
#letworkerswork#dignitynotdestitution
You can read it here: https://t.co/X7N6l4QV5E