
School Visits and the 20th European Day Against Trafficking in Human Beings
Sister Victoria Šimić, SCSC, a member of the RENATE network and the Delegate for the prevention of
human trafficking for the Archdiocese of Đakovo-Osijek,

Sister Victoria Šimić, SCSC, a member of the RENATE network and the Delegate for the prevention of
human trafficking for the Archdiocese of Đakovo-Osijek,

Today, 18th October, marks EU Anti-Trafficking Day. At RENATE, Religious in Europe Networking Against Trafficking and Exploitation, it is a day to recognise the work our members carry every day of the year.

This afternoon, members and friends of RENATE gathered online to pray in the days leading up to EU Anti-Trafficking Day. The prayers and the slides we used are now free to download,

On 18 October, Europe marks EU Anti-Trafficking Day, a day set aside by the European Commission in 2007 to remember those who have been trafficked and to press the work of ending it.
Ahead of the European Day Against Trafficking in Human Beings, Ms. Nataliya Holynska, a valued member of the RENATE Core Group and Project Manager at Caritas Ukraine,

Medaille Trust has celebrated 20 years of providing restoration and support for
survivors of trafficking and modern slavery at a celebratory Mass and reception at
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral.

Survivors of trafficking and modern slavery supported by Medaille Trust have been meeting with Archbishop Miguel Maury Buendía, the Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain.
The Nuncio met with survivors while visiting a Medaille Trust safe house gifted to the charity by the Archdiocese of Liverpool.
RENATE is pleased to share news of a forthcoming webinar, Cross Border Strategies to Prevent Human Trafficking, taking place on Monday 28 September 2026.

RENATE was represented this week at the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) pre-sessions in Geneva, as part of a delegation of Irish civil society organisations bringing important human rights concerns and recommendations to the international community.

On 30th July, to mark the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, RENATE members and friends from across Europe and beyond gathered online for a moving time of prayer,

RENATE warmly invites all members and colleagues to join our second Quarterly Online Prayer Gathering on Thursday, 30 July, as we come together to mark the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons.

Medaille Trust, one of the leading providers of modern slavery support services in the UK, have called for the withdrawal of proposed modern slavery legislation in the government’s Immigration and Asylum Bill.