More than 1,500 child trafficking victims in UK feared back with exploiters
by Diane Taylor from World news | The Guardian on (#6QNTH)
Children's commissioner warns referral mechanism does not offer sufficient protection, after FoI data reveals scale of problem
The children's commissioner for England has warned that some child trafficking victims are not being adequately protected when referred to support services, after the Guardian learned that more than 1,500 child trafficking victims identified for support are at risk of falling back into the hands of their traffickers.
Child trafficking victims include UK children forced into county lines drug dealing and Albanian children locked up and forced to cultivate cannabis plants.
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