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The Risks and Harms Associated with Modern Slavery during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United Kingdom: A Multi-Method Study

Such, Elizabeth; Gardner, Alison; Dang, Minh; Wright, Nicola; Bravo-Balsa, Liana; Brotherton, Vicky; Browne, Hannah; Esiovwa, Nancy; Jiménez, Erika; Lucas, Ben; Wyman, Emily; Trodd, Zoe

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Authors

MINH DANG Minh.Dang@nottingham.ac.uk
Rights Lab Research Fellow & Lead in Survivor Well Being and Scholarship

Liana Bravo-Balsa

Vicky Brotherton

Hannah Browne

Nancy Esiovwa

Erika Jiménez

Ben Lucas

Emily Wyman

ZOE TRODD ZOE.TRODD@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Professor of Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking



Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has considerably affected global economies and societies, exacerbating existing social inequalities. This “syndemic” pandemic has placed people and communities affected by modern slavery and human trafficking at elevated risk of multiple harms. This paper uses a mix of methods – an evidence synthesis, a survivor survey, web-monitoring, and dialogue events – to explore how COVID-19 has affected the risks and pathways to harm associated with modern slavery/human trafficking in the UK. We use concepts of hazard, risk, exposure, and harm and the tools of public health risk and resilience assessment to examine how COVID-19 has amplified existing risks of harm and generated new pathways to further harm. We also use a novel complex systems approach to represent risk relationships and demonstrate how the economic shock of COVID-19 and mandated social isolation have led to negative outcomes for affected people. The paper provides policy and practice insight into interventions can be implemented across systems to minimize exploitation and how locally led intervention can offset the damaging effects of the pandemic (SDGs 5 & 16).

Citation

Such, E., Gardner, A., Dang, M., Wright, N., Bravo-Balsa, L., Brotherton, V., …Trodd, Z. (in press). The Risks and Harms Associated with Modern Slavery during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United Kingdom: A Multi-Method Study. Journal of Human Trafficking, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/23322705.2023.2194760

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Mar 22, 2023
Online Publication Date Apr 8, 2023
Deposit Date Apr 17, 2023
Publicly Available Date Apr 20, 2023
Journal Journal of Human Trafficking
Print ISSN 2332-2705
Electronic ISSN 2332-2713
Publisher Routledge
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Pages 1-21
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/23322705.2023.2194760
Keywords COVID-19; modern slavery; human trafficking; complex system; risks
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/19465552
Additional Information Peer Review Statement: The publishing and review policy for this title is described in its Aims & Scope.; Aim & Scope: http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=aimsScope&journalCode=uhmt20; Published: 2023-04-08

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