BAWSO Diogel project: An interview with Imogen Gunner

Jones, Jackie

Abstract

This contribution to the special issue is a contextual interview providing an insight into the work of a senior support worker of victims of trafficking in Wales; victims who often apply for asylum at the same time as trying to recover from extreme exploitation and vulnerabilities. Some of the relevant legal provisions in England and Wales will be outlined, particularly in relation to the Modern Slavery Act 2015, to provide the reader with some key constraints both the victim and worker must adhere to stay within the law. The contextual interview also provides a picture of Albanian and Nigerian victims of trafficking and their treatment in the UK as well as a case study presented to politicians, representing a victim’s life before arriving in the UK, demonstrating her extreme vulnerabilities in her home country of Nigeria. Finally, some common threads and conclusions will be drawn out.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Sep 15, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Feb 12, 2018
• Publication Date: Dec 30, 2018
• Deposit Date: Oct 19, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 19, 2017
• Journal: Onati Socio-Legal Series
• Print ISSN: 2079-5971
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 71-84
• Keywords: human trafficking
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/855535
• Publisher URL: http://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls
• Contract Date: Oct 19, 2017