Statement on Essex truck deaths
All of us at Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation are deeply saddened to learn of this latest tragic incident, in which 39 people have been found dead in a truck making its way into the UK. Evidently the 39 people were either being smuggled or trafficked to the UK, and...
Reaching out
Hoang Anh is a social worker at Blue Dragon. Every night the team is out on the streets, searching for children who need help. They offer food, healthcare, clothing, and a safe place to sleep. The safe place to sleep is short-term accommodation, where Hoang Anh has...
A mother returned home with her baby
“Hien” grew up in a mountainous region in northern Vietnam. It’s a 7 hour motorbike ride from the nearest city to reach her house: a bamboo hut on stilts. The hut is basic. This is where Hien, her husband and their 2 children live. Life is unbelievably hard. Being...
An interview with the Blue Dragon chief lawyer
Ta Ngoc Van is the chief lawyer at Blue Dragon. He leads a team to find, rescue, and represent trafficking victims who have been trapped in slavery. Since October 2018, the team has rescued and assisted 20 victims of a recently discovered form of trafficking: baby...
A tearful reunion
17-year-old “Xuan” thought she would never see her mother again after spending nearly 5 years of her life enslaved in a forced marriage in China. As a teenager, Xuan ran away many times to escape from problems at home. One day she met a woman who promised her a...
Designing a brighter future
If you met “Trang” today, you would never imagine her as the timid child she once was. At the age of 12, Trang was sent to Ho Chi Minh City, in southern Vietnam, to work in a garment factory. For eight months she worked 15-hour days, cutting and sewing garments. Blue...
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