When Marigold was brought to the UK as a domestic worker, her employer made her sleep on their dining room floor. The food she ate consisted of the family’s leftovers, and if there were none, she didn’t eat.
Her employer had confiscated her passport, and so when she fled the abuse she had no documentation. Identified in 2018 as a probable victim of modern slavery, she was referred to the government programme designed to help those in her situation, the national referral mechanism (NRM).
