‘The review announced by the Government will look to identify ways of bolstering the response to threats such as county lines, people trafficking and drugs.’
Home Office, 29th October 2019
Source: www.gov.uk
‘The former anti-slavery commissioner Kevin Hyland has described the UK’s system for preventing people-trafficking into the country as “failing” and called for urgent reform.’
The Guardian, 28th October 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Child victims of modern slavery are being lured back into exploitation and falling into homelessness as cash-strapped local authorities struggle to cope with a surge in cases, charities have warned. Thousands of young people who have been trafficked and exploited, often by county lines gangs or through international criminal networks, are being left to navigate complex legal, education and immigration systems alone because austerity-hit services cannot adequately support them.’
The Independent, 18th October 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘SH, R (on the application of) v The London Borough of Waltham Forest (2019) EWHC 2618 (Admin). This was a judicial review of Waltham Forest’s decision that it had discharged its s.193 Housing Act 1996 duty (the full homeless duty) to Ms SH by an offer of private sector accommodation under s.193(7AA). In fact, WF maintained it had done so twice, and both purported discharges were challenged, by way of WF’s decision that Ms SH had made a fresh application, rather than it having a continuing duty. There is also a brief excursus into the relation of s.193 and s.189B duties.’
Nearly Legal, 13th October 2019
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘The children’s commissioner is raising concerns with the Crown Prosecution Service about young victims of human trafficking being prosecuted rather than protected, following a Guardian investigation.’
The Guardian, 19th September 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Young British victims of human trafficking who have been forced to sell drugs in county lines operations are being charged and prosecuted despite guidelines against doing so, the Guardian can reveal.’
The Guardian, 17th September 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A woman who suffered a miscarriage while unlawfully detained has been granted a £50,000 payout from the Home Office.’
Daily Telegraph, 19th August 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A father and son have today (29 July) been convicted for their roles in long-running conspiracy to exploit Eastern European workers they trafficked into the UK.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 29th July 2019
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘The Home Office has been accused of covering up the plight of hundreds of modern slavery victims after it was forced to disclose data it previously claimed to have “no record” of.’
The Independent, 16th July 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Home Office is “refusing to protect” victims of modern slavery and human trafficking, a report has said.’
BBC News, 9th July 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Members of a gang behind the biggest modern-day slavery network ever exposed in the UK have been jailed.’
BBC News, 5th July 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘There are almost 5,000 criminal gangs in the UK. But the old family firms are gone – today’s big players are multinational, diversified and tech-savvy.’
The Guardian, 4th July 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Home Office is to rewrite guidance on handling asylum claims for women trafficked into the UK from Nigeria after it emerged the advice claimed victims could return to the African country “wealthy from prostitution” and “held in high regard”.’
The Guardian, 2nd July 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Home Office has been accused of “failing for years” in its legal obligation to support victims of trafficking after ministers admitted current provision falls short of what is needed.’
The Independent, 1st July 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Vietnamese national was illegally detained for five months after Home Office refused to accept he was not someone else.’
The Guardian, 27th July 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Child slavery cases in the UK have surged by nearly 800 per cent in just two years, new figures show. Data published in the Modern Slavery Police Transformation Programme’s annual report show there were 475 police operations into child slavery in the UK last month, compared with 53 in April 2017.’
The Independent, 22nd May 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The union representing Britain’s nurses will start lobbying governments across the UK to decriminalise prostitution in order to safeguard sex workers and improve their health.’
The Guardian, 20th May 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Three drug dealers have become the first gang to be jailed under modern slavery laws for using children to traffic crack cocaine and heroin in so-called county lines operations.’
Daily Telegraph, 14th May 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A man who brought his baby niece to Britain in the back of his car from a French refugee camp after she sustained serious burns has had his deportation halted at the last minute by the Home Office.’
The Guardian, 30th April 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Four members of the same family have been sentenced for modern slavery offences.’
BBC News, 26th April 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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