24/11/2025
Real Hope helps asylum seekers and refugees avoid the pitfalls of the black market by offering employment support.
However, the government’s recent announcements will, according to Dr Dora-Olivia Vicol, CEO of Work Rights Centre, increase modern slavery in the UK.
She says: “Without the basic safety net of housing and financial support, asylum seekers – who are not allowed to work for the most part – will see no way to survive but by taking up dangerous work on the black market, where they risk exploitation and trafficking. This is not a deterrent to dangerous crossings, it is a new low in the history of hostility to migrants that actively creates the conditions for modern slavery."
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/nov/17/immigration-asylum-keir-starmer-labour-shabana-mahmood-uk-politics-live-news-updates