Modern slavery in United Kingdom
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This article is written by Walk Free, the original article and further information on modern slavery can be found at www.Walkfree.org/global-slavery-index
- Estimated number living in modern slavery: 122,000 (1.8 per thousand)
- Vulnerability: 14/100
- Government response rating: 68/100
- Population: 67,886,000
- GDP per capita (PPP): 46,527 (current international $)
As a country with relatively high levels of wealth, and therefore more resources to dedicate to addressing modern slavery, the UK has been at the forefront of international efforts to tackle modern slavery and has shown the strongest government response globally. Previously, this reflected strong efforts to coordinate the national response, including by allocating additional funding to anti-slavery efforts domestically and overseas, address underlying risk factors, and strengthen measures to address modern slavery in government and business supply chains. However, in recent years and, in particular, post-Brexit, changes to UK i...
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