ECPAT UK - End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and the Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes.
ECPAT UK is active in research, campaigning and lobbying government to prevent child exploitation and protect children in tourism and child victims of trafficking.
Children trafficked for cannabis cultivation need protection not prosecution
1 May 2012
High numbers of children, largely from South East Asia, are trafficked to the UK to work in cannabis farms, robbed of their freedom and subject to violence and hazardous conditions. Therefore, it is of great concern to ECPAT UK that police have reported a sharp rise in the number of cannabis farms discovered in the UK.
Email your MP! Ask the Government to appoint an independent commissioner on human trafficking
Human trafficking is happening into and within the UK. However, one of the major problems in the fight against it is the lack of reliable data on the scale and nature of this phenomenon. In addition, there is currently no independent oversight of the Government's efforts to tackle the problem.
Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group assesses trafficking prevention in the UK
The Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group (ATMG), of which ECPAT UK is a member, has released a new report that examines trafficking prevention in the UK in accordance with the UK Government’s obligations under the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings.
National Referral Mechanism at the heart of PAHT debate in Warsaw
20 April 2012
The Polish Parliament has hosted the fourth event of the Parliamentarians Against Human Trafficking (PAHT) project, a one-day parliamentary seminar on the National Referral Mechanism for victims of trafficking.
l-r ECPAT UK's Stana Buchowska, the Human Trafficking Foundation's Anthony Steen, the former Prime Minister of Poland Mr Leszek Miller, Lady Butler-Sloss, Ryszard Kalisz MP
Vulnerable children need a guardian to protect them from going missing
ECPAT UK has been highly concerned about the number of known or suspected child victims of trafficking going missing from local authority care in the UK for many years.
Child victims of trafficking are among some of the most vulnerable children in the country. In addition to having suffered physical, sexual and psychological abuse at the hands of their traffickers, child victims of trafficking find themselves alone in the UK, without parents or legal guardians. The level of support provided to them varies widely and is often woefully inadequate.
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The Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group (ATMG), of which ECPAT UK is a member, has released a new report that examines trafficking prevention in the UK in accordance with the UK Government’s obligations…
1 May 2012
High numbers of children, largely from South East Asia, are trafficked to the UK to work in cannabis farms, robbed of their freedom and subject to violence and hazardous conditions. Therefore,…
Jailed: Traffickers Aurel-Ilie Zlate (l) and Alexandra Oaie (r) (c) Metropolitan Police Service
20 April 2012
The jailing of four…
ECPATUK: New training dates added to our Introduction to Child Trafficking course for all practitioners working with children: http://t.co/HVB8JEsO
ECPATUK: RT @DebsBeadle: Just completing Gold Youth Achievement Award with @ECPATUK Youth Group member gaining valuable life skills @UKYouth
ECPATUK: @ECPAT UK Director Christine Beddoe on @BBCLondon949 speaking to @VanessaOnAir about vulnerable Roma children being forced to beg in London
ECPATUK: RT @DebsBeadle: Just completing Gold Youth Achievement Award with @ECPATUK Youth Group member gaining valuable life skills @UKYouth
ECPATUK: @ECPAT UK Director Christine Beddoe on @BBCLondon949 speaking to @VanessaOnAir about vulnerable Roma children being forced to beg in London
ECPATUK: New training dates added to our Introduction to Child Trafficking course for all practitioners working with children: http://t.co/HVB8JEsO
ECPATUK: See how @ECPATUK has contributed to documentaries and programmes on trafficking and exploitation:http://t.co/BGmEVJq5