Ukraine Crisis: Hope for Justice joins more than 25 human rights groups with urgent message to mobile networks

The letter has been sent to the CEOs of Vodafone UK, Virgin Media O2, EE and Three UK – Ahmed Essam, Lutz Schüler, Marc David Allera and Robert Finnegan. Here is the text of the letter and the signatories.

Please provide a welcome text to Ukrainian refugees arriving in the UK that includes essential safety information – it could help thousands avoid the very real threat of modern slavery and other forms of exploitation.

Dear CEO,
We are writing to ask you to do a very simple thing that will help thousands of Ukrainian refugees avoid the very real threat of modern slavery and other forms of exploitation when they arrive in this country.
Please could your company provide a welcome text on your network that includes essential safety information, plus the help that is on offer should anyone need it. 
As you’ll know millions of Ukrainian people, mostly women and children, are fleeing the war in their homeland, with thousands of them coming to the UK. 
Many of them will have no connections here, few belongings with them, and possibly very little financial security. They are extremely vulnerable – and unfortunately, that means they are at risk of exploitation by criminals. 
The situation is urgent. Already there have been reports of trafficking of refugees in countries adjoining Ukraine. We want to make sure the UK does all it can to avoid such a situation happening here, so we are asking that you please act immediately.
A simple welcome text, in Ukrainian and English, triggered the moment Ukrainians arrive in the UK and switch on their phones, could make all the difference. 
To speed things up, we have suggested some information you could include in the text below. 

Please let us know your response to our request by return. For ease, please can you email admin@unseenuk.org

We look forward to hearing from you.