On World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, the Australian International Counter Slavery Alliance (AICSA) joins with survivor leaders and frontline partners across the Asia-Pacific region to raise an urgent call: we are facing a more systematic, organised, and ruthless era of human trafficking, and Australia’s response must rise to meet it.

A coalition of Australia’s leading anti-slavery agencies is urging political leaders to back bold and urgent action against modern slavery and forced labour in the Asia-Pacific, warning Australia is falling behind at a critical time.