Revealed: just 7% of trafficking victims given leave to remain in UK

Government accused of failing those at risk of falling back into traffickers' hands in home countries

Only 7% of confirmed victims of trafficking from overseas have been granted leave to remain in the last five years according to new data disclosed to the Guardian.

A Home Office data shows that 447 out of 6,066 confirmed trafficking victims who requested leave to remain between April 2016 and June 2021 were granted it - 7%.