New data reveals significant number of young vulnerable people put at risk of deportation by the Home Office

Kobe was in his final year at primary school when a drug gang recruited him. By then he’d been passed around seven different foster placements and met so many social workers he’d lost track of their names. Aged 17, Kobe was identified by the UK government as a child victim of trafficking.

When Theresa May became prime minister she attempted to make tackling modern slavery a legacy of her premiership. The current government has also been keen to flag its credentials. Earlier this year, the Home Office minister Victoria Atkins stated she was committed to “safeguarding victims of this horrific crime”.

Continue reading…

You May Also Like

Russia-Ukraine war: Nato says Moscow is biggest ‘direct threat’ to west; Lysychansk under relentless shelling, governor says – live news

Russia will respond in kind if Nato sets up military in Finland…

‘I’m 51, I can say what I want’: Leone Ross has overcome her fears

More than 15 years in the writing, Ross’ new novel This One…

Suella Braverman acted unlawfully over asylum seekers, judge rules

UK home secretary broke law in withholding payments for healthy food for…