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UK risks becoming 'dumping ground' for 'slave labour' goods

2025-07-24 00:00:00.0 每日快报-政治原网页

There is deep concern that goods produced by forced labour are reaching the UK (Image: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Anadolu via Getty Images / Yu Fangping/VCG via Getty Images)

Britain is in danger of becoming a “dumping ground” for goods made using forced labour, the Government has been warned. Sir Keir Starmer and his team have been urged to ensure no one in the UK profits from the “broken backs of slave labour” in countries including China and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

No “effective safeguards” are in place and human rights abuses are “so pervasive” it is “inevitable” such goods are entering the UK market, according to Parliament’s joint committee on human rights.

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The committee’s report states there is “evidence of the use of child labour in artisanal mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo”. The country is “source of around 70% of the world’s cobalt which is a key ingredient in lithium-ion batteries and magnets”. The report warns there is “evidence to indicate that children are working in highly dangerous environments, with exposure to toxic dust, and with no protective”.

It cites a BBC investigation which found tomatoes “being sold in the UK and labelled as being from Italy when they were in reality highly likely to have been produced in China under forced labour conditions”. There is alarm at reports that “North Korean workers are being subjected to forced labour on Chinese fishing vessels” – and it is claimed in some cases they “have not set foot on land for over 10 years”.

Globally, around “one in five garments made from cotton have been linked to forced labour in the Xinjiang area of China”.

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Mr Frankental called on HMRA to “seize goods where there is reasonable suspicion they were produced with forced labour”. He pressed for UK businesses trading in such goods to be investigated under the Proceeds of Crime Act.

He said: “The Government must show both moral and political leadership to end the scourge of forced labour products flooding our high streets and online marketplaces.”

A Government spokesperson said: “No company in the UK should have forced labour in its supply chains, and we expect businesses to do everything in their power to remove any instances of this. We have launched a review into the UK’s approach to responsible business conduct as part of our trade strategy, including tackling forced labour, and we will consider the Joint Committee on Human Rights’ recommendations.”