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Modern slavery bill fails vulnerable women

In 2012 the UK government made it illegal for migrant domestic workers to change employers. Parliament has the chance to restore that right this week—it must do so.

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Members of Justice for Domestic Workers outside the UK parliament, London, March 2015. Kalayaan. All Rights Reserved.

This week, British MPs face a simple choice. They must decide if it is right that a woman who flees abuse should become an undocumented migrant just because she runs away. 

Women like Joycelyn, a young Filipino mother who was brought to London from the Gulf, accompanying her Emirati employers. Jocelyn is one of hundreds of victims of forced labour and other forms of exploitation by their employers in the UK.