Vicky Gayle

England

Freelance Journalist and Editor at Freelance

Freelance journalist & editor | Investigations | Not yet 'award winning' | Ex @TBIJ @TheGazette & more | @JSchofieldTrust @bcumedia mentor

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Immigration law firm director thanks Oldham anti-racism protesters

Aug 29, 2024 | theoldhamtimes.co.uk | Vicky Gayle

Left, Ono Okeregha, right, anti-racism protesters (Image: Ono Okeregha and Newsquest) The director of a global immigration law firm has expressed his gratitude to anti-racism protesters and Greater Manchester Police for protecting their head office in Oldham against potential violence from the far-right. The Immigration Advice Service had the addresses of two of its UK offices shared widely on social media as potential targets for rioters earlier this month.
‘I never expected this in the UK’: modern slavery expert receives death threat

Jul 27, 2024 | theguardian.com | Vicky Gayle

A leading modern slavery expert who pursues employers on behalf of exploited overseas workers, recovering thousands of pounds for them in the process, has received a threat on his life. Aké Achi, founder and chief executive of Migrants at Work, an organisation which protects workers’ rights, says the letter was posted to his home.
I Became My Mum’s Carer & Learned The Value Of Jamaican Cooking

Jul 9, 2024 | msn.com | Vicky Gayle

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I Became My Mom’s Carer & Learned The Value Of Jamaican Cooking

Jul 9, 2024 | refinery29.com | Vicky Gayle

Story from UnbotheredADVERTISEMENTI’d almost forgotten the first meal I hurriedly cooked for my mum on her first night home from the hospital. It was steamed basmati rice and corned beef, heated up with obligatory sautéd onions, but without the Jamaican accompaniment of sweetcorn or green cabbage (lightly spiced with black pepper, perhaps all-purpose seasoning, garlic powder, and knowing me, paprika).
I Became My Mum’s Carer & Learned The Value Of Jamaican Cooking

Jul 8, 2024 | msn.com | Vicky Gayle

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I Became My Mum’s Carer & Learned The Value Of Jamaican Cooking

Jul 8, 2024 | refinery29.com | Vicky Gayle

I’d almost forgotten the first meal I hurriedly cooked for my mum on her first night home from the hospital. It was steamed basmati rice and corned beef, heated up with obligatory sautéd onions, but without the Jamaican accompaniment of sweetcorn or green cabbage (lightly spiced with black pepper, perhaps all-purpose seasoning, garlic powder, and knowing me, paprika). It had been an anxious wait all day wondering what time she’d be discharged after breaking her leg two weeks earlier.
I Became My Mum’s Carer & Learned The Value Of Jamaican Cooking

Jul 8, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Vicky Gayle

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Revealed: thousands of ‘innocent and abandoned’ migrant care workers told to leave UK

May 11, 2024 | ca.news.yahoo.com | Emiliano Mellino |Shanti Das |Vicky Gayle

Zainab, 22, and her brother Ismail, 25, photographed at Wesley Hall community centre in Leicester, were given 60 days to find a new sponsor company or face deportation. Zainab, 22, and her brother Ismail, 25, photographed at Wesley Hall community centre in Leicester, were given 60 days to find a new sponsor company or face deportation.
Ja-pa or modern slavery: How UK visa system, deportation risk silence exploited care workers | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News

Mar 14, 2024 | guardian.ng | Vicky Gayle |Emiliano Mellino |Hajar Meddah |Charles Boutaud

As migrant carers are henceforth banned from bringing dependant spouses and children to the United Kingdom, stories of their bread-winners-turned-care workers are distressing. They are routinely exploited, raped and abused. Yet, the skewed visa system traps these same workers inharrowing and exploitative situations in the UK, VICKY GAYLE, EMILIANO MELLINO, HAJAR MEDDAH and CHARLES BOUTAUD report.
Care workers trapped in UK’s ‘modern slave trade’

Mar 12, 2024 | mg.co.za | Vicky Gayle |Emiliano Mellino |Hajar Meddah |Charles Boutaud

Abena*, a migrant worker from Southern Africa, was repeatedly raped by her manager at a care home in the United Kingdom but did not report him to the police for fear of losing her job and her visa. Bernice*, from Jamaica, was sexually harassed by her landlord in the accommodation arranged by her employer, which sponsored her work in the UK. Then there’s Chidera*, a live-in carer from Ghana, who once went nearly four months without a day off.