UK Pledges to Clear Modern Slavery Case Backlog as Global Crisis Traps 50 Million People

In a significant move to address the UK’s modern slavery crisis, the government has announced the recruitment of 200 additional Home Office staff to help eliminate a massive backlog of 23,300 unresolved modern slavery cases. This backlog, a result of previous government shortcomings, has left thousands of individuals in legal limbo, many of whom have…