UK Ministers must take tougher action to fight trafficking 'slave trade', say MPs

10 May 2009 |

‘The Guardian’ reports that the Commons home affairs select committee released its report of its year-long inquiry, demanding that ministers invest more in police teams to track down victims and bring traffickers to justice. Immigration judges and border officials need to be better educated to recognise trafficking; and there needs to be more safe accommodation and psychological support for victims. Following revelations in the Guardian last week that at least 77 Chinese children who are suspected victims of trafficking have gone missing from a local authority children’s home beside Heathrow airport, the committee announced plans for a fresh inquiry into the disappearance of unaccompanied asylum-seeking minors from children’s homes.

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Source : The Guardian