With less than a year to go before the start of the
London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games, Anti-Slavery International are launching a new campaign for
a Slavery-Free London to draw attention to the potential risk of an increase in
modern slavery connected to the 2012 Games, and ensure more is done to stop it
in the run up to and during the event.
While human trafficking and forced labour are
ongoing problems in London and accross the UK, Anti-Slavery International is
concerned that the 2012 Games could exacerbate the current situation.
The mass influx of tourists could fuel a greater demand for
cheap, temporary labour in jobs already vulnerable to the use of forced labour,
including hotel cleaning, food packaging in factories, construction, and
catering. It is likely criminal gangs may use the Games to lure people to the UK
for jobs that don't exist, only to exploit them elsewhere. Traffickers forcing
children to beg or pick pocket may also see the Games as a business opportunity,
focusing their activities in locations with large crowds. And workers overseas
making Olympic-branded sportswear and souvenirs available on our high streets
are also at risk of forced labour.
The eyes of the world will be
on London during the summer of 2012. Let's make sure it's Slavery-Free!
If you support that aim, please sign the Slavery-Free London pledge to help Anti-Slavery International call on the Government
to ensure one of the positive legacies of the Games includes greater action
against modern slavery. Find out more at www.antislavery.org/slaveryfreelondon.
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Vangelis - Chariots Of Fire.
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